Search: fuchsia
Why: It is a genus of flower, but it just doesn't sound Latin (like most others).
Answer: It is named after German botanist Leonhard Fuchs! The flowers were named by Charles Plumier when he found them on the Caribbean island Hispaniola in 1696. He named them after his idol Fuchs, who was one of the founding fathers of botany.
Source: Answers.com
The More You Know: In addition to a bunch of polemics about why herbs are better than medicine, Fuchs wrote a bunch of reference books about the anatomy of the human eye.
More admiring than asking where the name is coming from, how the name is pronounced (Fuksia) and how it should be pronounced!! Why in the USA the name has become "Fiousha", is a complete mystery.
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