fuchsia(n = noun.plant) Array - 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; Array
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a member of genus fuchsia
has particulars: fuchsia coccinea, ladies'-eardrop, ladies'-eardrops, lady's-eardrop, lady's-eardrops, fuchsia excorticata, konini, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia
1. A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation. [1913 Webster]
2. A plant belonging to the genus
fuchsia, n. any shrub of the genus Fuchsia, with drooping red or purple or white flowers.
Etymology:
mod.L f. L. Fuchs, Ger. botanist d. 1566
california fuchsia, fuchsia coccinea, fuchsia excorticata, genus fuchsia, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia