Noun: fuchsia fyoo-shu
- Any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish, reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
"The fuchsia's delicate bell-shaped flowers hung from the hanging basket"
- A vivid purplish-red colour
"The fuchsia of the tropical flowers stood out against the green foliage"
Derived forms: fuchsias
Type of: bush, purplish red, purplish-red, shrub
Part of: genus Fuchsia
Encyclopedia: Fuchsia