for|syth|i|a

for|syth|i|a
for|syth|i|a «fr SIHTH ee uh, -SY thee-», noun.
1. a shrub having many bell-shaped, yellow flowers in early spring before its leaves come out; golden bell. It belongs to the olive family.
2. its flower.
[American English < New Latin Forsythia the genus name < William Forsyth, 1737-1804, a Scottish horticulturist]

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