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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fuchsia /ˈfjuːʃə/

▶noun

1 an ornamental shrub native to America and New Zealand, with drooping tubular flowers that are typically of two contrasting colours. [Genus Fuchsia.]

2 a vivid purplish-red colour like that of a typical fuchsia flower.

– origin mod. L., named in honour of the 16th-cent. German botanist Leonhard Fuchs.

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