Associations to the word «Forsythia»

Wiktionary

FORSYTHIA, noun. 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.
FORSYTHIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae   — the forsythias, native to Eurasia, principally east Asia.

Dictionary definition

FORSYTHIA, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats