英语词汇fuchsia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

fuchsia; Fuchsian group; fuchsin. Fuchsia, for a vivid bluish or purplish red, takes its name from the ornamental fuchsia shrubs that honor German physician and botanist Leonhard Fuchs (1501–66). These principally Mexican and South Ameri- can shrubs, which are of the evening primrose family and can have purple, red, yellow, or white flowers, were named for Fuchs in 1703 by the French botanist Charles Plumier. Dr. Fuchs was noted for his treatment of the “English sweating sickness,” a plague that had spread to Europe. He became professor of medicine at the University of Tubingen in 1535, remaining there until his death over three decades later. His herbal De his- toria stirpium (1530) was widely known, this compendium of medicinal and edible plants probably the main reason why the genus Fuchsia was named in his honor. The genus contains some 100 species, with fuchsia shrubs being only one of its many widely cultivated plants. Fuchsin, or fuchsine, is a pur- plish red aniline dye, and Fuchsian group is a mathematical term that derives from the name of I. L. Fuchs (1833–1902), an eminent German mathematician.

词汇	fuchsia
词源	fuchsia; Fuchsian group; fuchsin. Fuchsia, for a vivid bluish or purplish red, takes its name from the ornamental fuchsia shrubs that honor German physician and botanist Leonhard Fuchs (1501–66). These principally Mexican and South Ameri- can shrubs, which are of the evening primrose family and can have purple, red, yellow, or white flowers, were named for Fuchs in 1703 by the French botanist Charles Plumier. Dr. Fuchs was noted for his treatment of the “English sweating sickness,” a plague that had spread to Europe. He became professor of medicine at the University of Tubingen in 1535, remaining there until his death over three decades later. His herbal De his- toria stirpium (1530) was widely known, this compendium of medicinal and edible plants probably the main reason why the genus Fuchsia was named in his honor. The genus contains some 100 species, with fuchsia shrubs being only one of its many widely cultivated plants. Fuchsin, or fuchsine, is a pur- plish red aniline dye, and Fuchsian group is a mathematical term that derives from the name of I. L. Fuchs (1833–1902), an eminent German mathematician.
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