资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fuchsia \Fuch"si*a\, n.; pl. E. {Fuchsias}, L. {Fuchsl[ae]}.
   [NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.] (Bot.)
   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.