Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fuchsia

Fuchsia , noun

[New Latin Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.]

1.
(Botany) 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.
2.
A plant belonging to the genus Fuschia.