Definition of California fuchsia

1. Noun. Shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of California Fuchsia

California bluebell
California box elder
California buckthorn
California buckwheat
California coffee
California condor
California dandelion
California dewberries
California dewberry
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California false morel
California fern
California four o'clock
California fuchsia (current term)
California holly
California lady's slipper
California laurel
California laurels
California live oak
California newt
California nutmeg
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California pompano
California poppies
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Literary usage of California fuchsia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"In late summer and through the autumn, the brilliant blossoms of the California fuchsia brighten the somber tones of out dry, open hill-slopes. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"California fuchsia. HUMMINGBIRD'S TRUMPET. BALSAMEA. Half-hardy perennial with the fl. of a fuchsia and the fr. of an epilobium: height %-2 ft. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... on account of the unkempt appearance produced by the woolly seeds. It is remarkably resistant to drought. Californica, Presl. California fuchsia. ..."

4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1890)
"... more desirable for cut flowers than the miniature sun flowers of the catalogues; Zauschneria californica, or California fuchsia, and Silene laciniata, ..."

5. Studies in Gardening by Arthur Clutton-Brock (1916)
"doing so call it Zauschneria Californica, the nurseryman will know at once what you mean; whereas, if you call it California fuchsia, or humming-bird flower ..."

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