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fuchsia

DEFINITIONS OF: fuchsia

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n any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti

Types:
Fuchsia coccinea, ladies'-eardrop, ladies'-eardrops, lady's-eardrop, lady's-eardrops
erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
Fuchsia excorticata, konini, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia
erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers; New Zealand
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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