[fawr-sith-ee-uh, -sahy-thee-uh, fer-] 
| a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring. |
| for·syth·i·a (fôr-sĭth'ē-ə, -sī'thē-ə, fər-) n. Any of several shrubs of the genus Forsythia, native to Asia and widely cultivated for their early-blooming yellow flowers. [New Latin, genus name, after William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish horticulturist.] |
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