forsythia

New Latin, named in honor of Scottish horticulturist William Forsyth, who brought the shrub over from China. Forsyth's own name is from Irish Fearsithe, meaning "man of peace."

forsythia (plural forsythias)

1. Any of several shrubs, of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and Eastern Europe, that are cultivated for their yellow flowers, which bloom in early spring.
   • 1981 April 25, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voicens In The Night”, in Gay Community News, page 13:

     They heard laughing then, and looked up to see Ann and Bell coming down the street toward them. Ann had plucked a twig of forsythia, and was trying to arrange it in her hair. "Take that off!" Bell was saying. "It's got bugs crawling on it!"

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.si.sja/

forsythia m (plural forsythias)

1. forsythia

• “forsythia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.