Definition of "forsythia" [forsythia]

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

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• "The earliest is golden forsythia, which is typically the first to bloom."
• "So we've fluffed and tidied, and my sister is outside cutting forsythia, which is in full bloom right this very minute."
• "That’ s the early crop notification system – known as forsythia – around these parts and now that it’s up and ..."