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forsythia /fɔːˈsʌɪθɪə / /fəˈsʌɪθɪə/nounAn ornamental Eurasian shrub whose bright yellow flowers appear in early spring before the leaves.- Genus Forsythia, family Oleaceae: several species.
Scillas bring the sky-blue color down to earth under flowering pear trees and forsythias, as hyacinths underplanted with pansies welcome visitors....- Good candidates are aucuba, barberry, forsythia, holly, honey-suckle, hydrangea, spirraea, weigela and even roses.
- Spring-flowering shrubs include such popular plants as forsythia, deutzia, lilac, viburnum, mock-orange and spirea.
Origin Modern Latin, named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), Scottish botanist and horticulturalist, said to have introduced the shrub into Britain from China. |