forsythia

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The earliest is golden forsythia, which is typically the first to bloom.

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

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  • Um, this is what it looked like last fall: The goal is to basically rip everything out except for the forsythia tree (which I've already trimmed down).
  • Much of the property had been reclaimed by tangles of forsythia, which sported sparse tags of brown and yellow leaves. —  Mistress of Justice
  • The golden blossoms of the bell-shaped forsythia are well-known messengers heralding spring's arrival.
  • The path is decorated with row upon row of forsythia, magnolia and maehwa (plum blossom) trees.
  • The most common local shrub that is great for forcing is forsythia, which quickly morphs from naked stalks to yellow bells. —  Boston.com Most Popular
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  1. New Latin, genus name, after William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish horticulturist.
 

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