[ 'fju:ʃə ]
■ 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 ~ flower.
Origin
mod. L., named in honour of the 16th-cent. German botanist Leonhard Fuchs .