From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Fuchsia \Fuch"si*a\, n.; pl. E. Fuchsias, L. Fuchsi[ae].
[NL. Named after Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist.]
1. (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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A plant belonging to the genus Fuschia.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
fuchsia
n 1: any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their
showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers;
Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti