forsythia
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7.1
- noun
- /fɔrˈsɪθiə/
:
forsitia
- She planted several forsythia along the fence to mark the start of her garden.
- forsythia blooms
- forsythia bush
- yellow forsythia
Examples
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Out the window, she saw Sophie riding her bicycle in loops around the bright yellow forsythia bush.
Fiction book (1992) -
In early spring, the bright yellow flowers of the forsythia brighten the garden.
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But she remembers the forsythia.
Fiction book (2000) -
I usually wait until the forsythia is blooming, but forsythia can fool you.
Fiction book (1995) -
You could see the forsythia breaking into still yellow fountains everywhere, and some green shoots from the earth.
Fiction book (1991) -
A little later, through the kitchen window, she saw her mother lurking behind the blazing forsythia bush.
Fiction book (1992) -
Little crowds of daffodils bloomed against the fence, and down near the lake, the forsythia had produced the first of its sunny yellow fronds.
Fiction book (2001) -
The forsythia bush in my front yard is one of the first to bloom each year.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
forsythia = Forsyth (opaque) = forsyth + ia
The name is an eponym formed from a surname with the Latinizing suffix '-ia' and does not transparently indicate the plant's properties to learners.
Etymology
Forsythia is named after the Scottish gardener Forsyth, and gardeners gave his name to this bright-yellow shrub that flowers very early in spring. So forsythia now makes us think of a cheerful early-blooming bush that brings color after winter.