Ancient Fuchsia

Ancient history

Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC – AD 500.

Fuchsia

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees.

Fuchsia (color)

Fuchsia is a vivid pinkish–red color, named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which was named by a French botanist, Charles Plumier, after the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.

ancient

Adjective

1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
2. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

Noun

1. A person who is very old.
2. A person who lived in ancient times.

fuchsia

Noun

1. A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
2. A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.

Adjective

1. Having a purplish-red colour.