fuchsiaとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

New Latin, after the genus Fuchsia, itself named after German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).

発音

• enPR: fū'shə, IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːʃə/
• 韻: -uːʃə

名詞

fuchsia (複数形 fuchsias)

1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
   • 1922, Katherine Mansfield, At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)

     Drenched were the cold fuchsias, round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves

2. A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

   Synonym: magenta

   web fuchsia (magenta):  

形容詞

fuchsia (not comparable)

1. Having a purplish-red colour.

参考

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Further reading

• fuchsia on Wikipedia.
• fuchsia on Wikimedia Commons.
• fuchsia on Wikispecies.
• Leonhart Fuchs on Wikipedia.