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- noun Common misspelling of
fuchsia .
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- noun a dark purplish-red color
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Examples
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In the gardens we found a large blue hydrangea very common: the fuschia is the usual hedge.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham
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Teapot, $58 Among the pretty, useful, durable things are Portland designer Adam Arnold's tight-fitting slipcovers shown in fuschia wool, $550 and a shockingly good-looking extension cord. schoolhouseelectric.com
New in Design 2011
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Through April 21 There was medieval armor for the departing Crusaders; otherwise, we were in fairy-tale land, especially given Ms. Damrau's oversize violet and fuschia costumes.
A Naughty Romp From Rossini Heidi Waleson 2011
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The yellows were among periodic bursts of color throughout, including airy, fuschia dresses and a vibrant color print inspired by the garden paintings of Paul Klee.
Day to Night, Dark to Bright Ray Smith 2011
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Tim's last stop on the Make It Work express is Emilio, who's making a dress out of magenta (NOT to be confused with fuschia) jersey.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 5 Recap: Marie Clairvoyance Una LaMarche 2010
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A lot of pure red, a little pure blue, a hint of violet, a shitload of magenta, a dollop of fuschia — all you end up with is muddle of purple.
Archive 2009-02-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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I looked at deeper browns, greys, blues, evergreen, fuschia, burgundy with gold fleurs de lis on in case I felt that not getting to as many conventions as I'd like could be made up for by carpeting my basement as a hotel.
mrissa: 2010: a not-very-carpeted odyssey mrissa 2010
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As for fashion, I could peek in at what wasn't in garment bags and boxes, and saw quirky-twee jewelry by Rachel Pfeffer, a few denim and leopard-print purses, a silk & lambskin dress by Saint Chic, fuschia and orange capelets by Imani Danali, and stone necklaces by Ai'Kan.
Something for the weekend: Pop-up fashion and art at Garment District 2011
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I looked at deeper browns, greys, blues, evergreen, fuschia, burgundy with gold fleurs de lis on in case I felt that not getting to as many conventions as I'd like could be made up for by carpeting my basement as a hotel.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2010
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Prepare yourselves, y'all: his magenta fabric is looking fuschia.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 5 Recap: Marie Clairvoyance Una LaMarche 2010
sionnach commented on the word fuschia
Sorry to nitpick, but is this an actual word?
February 23, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word fuschia
I think it is, but I've seen it more frequently spelled "fuchsia." It's a kind of flower, from which the name of the color originates.
February 23, 2007
508059713 commented on the word fuschia
This is absolutely my biggest bugbear of all time! The word is FUCHSIA! Any other spelling is completely wrong! It's a flowering plant. It is named for Leonhart Fuchs .. and like so many plant names it is formed by adding 'ia' to the end of a person's name (often, but not in this case, the name of the person who originally discovered the plant)
Therefore the spelling is FuchsIA - surely once you know that you'll never get it wrong again - will you? :S
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsia
September 3, 2011