Usually means: Bright yellow flowering spring shrub.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word forsythia:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. forsythia: Merriam-Webster
  2. Forsythia, forsythia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forsythia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. forsythia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. forsythia: Vocabulary.com
  6. Forsythia, forsythia: Wordnik
  7. forsythia: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. forsythia: Wiktionary
  9. forsythia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. forsythia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. forsythia: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Forsythia, forsythia: Dictionary.com
  13. forsythia: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Forsythia (disambiguation), Forsythia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Forsythia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. forsythia: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. forsythia: Rhymezone
  18. Forsythia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. forsythia: FreeDictionary.org
  20. forsythia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. forsythia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. forsythia: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Forsythia: Botanical Name listing of Plants

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▸ 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.

Similar:
forsythialan, lianqiaoxinoside, wallflower, yellow broom, syringa, viburnum, Jasmine, golden saxifrage, skyflower, broom, more...

Opposite:
colorless, drab, bleak.

Types:
Forsythisuspensa, Forsythiviridissima, Forsythiintermedia, more...

Phrases:
weeping forsythia, genus forsythia, Forsythia suspensa, Tannerella forsythia, more...

Adjectives:
yellow, golden, bright, gay, first, early, white, north, certain, beautiful, brilliant
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Similar:
forsythialan, lianqiaoxinoside, wallflower, yellow broom, syringa, viburnum, Jasmine, golden saxifrage, skyflower, broom, more...

Opposite:
colorless, drab, bleak.

Types:
Forsythisuspensa, Forsythiviridissima, Forsythiintermedia, more...

Phrases:
weeping forsythia, genus forsythia, Forsythia suspensa, Tannerella forsythia, more...

Adjectives:
yellow, golden, bright, gay, first, early, white, north, certain, beautiful, brilliant



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