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forsythia
(fɔːʳsaɪθiə, US -sɪθ-)
Word forms: plural forsythias
variable noun
Forsythia is a bush whose yellow flowers appear in the spring before the leaves have grown.
forsythia in British English
(fɔːˈsaɪθɪə)
noun
any oleaceous shrub of the genus Forsythia, native to China, Japan, and SE Europe but widely cultivated for its showy yellow bell-shaped flowers, which appear in spring before the foliage
Word origin
C19: New Latin, named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), English botanistforsythia in American English
(fɔrˈsɪθiə; fərˈsɪθiə; ˈfɔrˈsaɪθiə)
noun
any of a genus (Forsythia) of shrubs of the olive family, having yellow, bell-shaped flowers that bloom in early spring
Word origin
ModL, after W. Forsyth (1737-1804), Eng botanistImage offorsythia
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