As proper nouns the difference between fuchsia and violet
is that fuchsia is while violet is .
fuchsia
Noun
(
en noun)
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia'', of the ''Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
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Quotations
; plant
* 1922' : Drenched were the cold '''fuchsias , round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. - , ''At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
Synonyms
* (colour) magenta
Adjective
(-)
Having a purplish-red colour.
See also
*
violet
English
(violet)
Noun
(
en noun)
A bluish-purple colour.
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Viola , a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.
Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.
Derived terms
* African violet (
Saintpaulia spp.)
* (
bush violet) ()
* (
Chinese violet) ()
* (
damask violet), )
* )
* , (
vern,
dog's tooth violet) (
Erythronium )
* gentian violet
* methyl violet
* (
Persian violet), ()
* (
Philippine violet) ()
* shrinking violet
* (
small bush violet) ()
* )
* (
violet tree) ()
Adjective
(er)
Having a bluish-purple colour.
Derived terms
* ultraviolet
* (violet cattleya) ()
* (violet click beetle) ()
* (violet helleborine) (
* (violet shell) ()
* (violet snail) ()
* (violet spider conch) ()
* (violet turaco) (Musophaga violacea )
* (violet wood) ()
* (violet wood-sorrel) ()
* (violet wood hoopoe) ()
Related terms
* viola
* violaceous
See also
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* gentamicin
* iodine
* iodopsin
* iolite
* ionone
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* cudbear
* rainbow
* rocket
* trout lily
* wild pansy
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