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for·syth·i·a  (fôr-sth-, -sth-, fr-)

n.

Any of several shrubs of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and widely cultivated for their early-blooming yellow flowers.

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[New Latin, genus name, after William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish horticulturist.]

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forsythia [for-syth-ee-a]

Noun

a shrub with yellow flowers which appear in spring before the leaves [after William Forsyth, botanist]

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forsythia - any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers genus Forsythia - forsythia bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems