Fuchsia

See also: fuchsia

Translingual

Fuchsia regia

Etymology

Named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs +‎ -ia. See Fuchs.

Proper noun

Fuchsia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Onagraceae – Because of the red, pink or purple flowers these small shrubs are popular garden plants, fuchsias.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Myrtales – order; Onagraceae – family; Onagroideae – subfamily; Circaeeae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Fuchsia. sect. Ellobium, Fuchsia. sect. Encliandra, Fuchsia. sect. Fuchsia, Fuchsia. sect. Hemsleyella, Fuchsia. sect. Jimenezia, Fuchsia. sect. Pachyrrhiza, Fuchsia. sect. Procumbentes, Fuchsia. sect. Quelusia, Fuchsia. sect. Schufia, Fuchsia. sect. Skinnera, Fuchsia. sect. Verrucosa  – sections
  • Fuchsia triphylla (honeysuckle fuchsia) – type species

References

• Fuchsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fuchsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Fuchsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos

Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz

Proto-West Germanic *fuhs

Old High German vuhs

Middle High German vuhs

German Fuchsder.

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

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Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)influ.

Latin -iader.

Translingual Fuchsiabor.

English fuchsia

English Fuchsia

From the flower fuchsia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Fuchsia

1. A female given name.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:

     […] the attic, which since the earliest days Fuchsia could remember had been for her a world undesecrate.

   • 2012, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Yuba - The Film That Forms Atop Heated Soymilk (1587-2012):

     Slater quotes from a new book titled Sichuan Cookery, by Fuchsia Dunlop, the BBC's East Asia specialist.