fuchsia
/ˈfjuːʃə/noun
1- a shrub with pendulous tubular flowers that are typically of two contrasting colours. They are native to America and New Zealand and are commonly grown as ornamentals.倒挂金钟属植物。
1.1
- Genus Fuchsia, family Onagraceae: many cultivars.倒挂金钟属, 柳叶菜科：多栽培品种。
1.2
- Austral. used in names of plants of other families with similar flowers, e.g. native fuchsia.〈澳〉［用在开紫红色花的其他科植物的名称中, 如native fuchsia］。
1.3
- mass noun a vivid purplish-red colour like that of the sepals of a typical fuchsia flower紫红色。
词源
modern Latin, named in honour of Leonhard Fuchs （1501-66）, German botanist.