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TIL that the plant and color “fuschia” is actually spelled “fuchsia,” (pronounced fook-see-ya, not fyoo-shah) and named after a German botanist named Leonhart Fuchs. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] eusousuperior@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fook-see-ya is how it's pronounced in both Spanish and Portuguese