fuchsia vs maroon

fuchsia

adj
  • Having a purplish-red colour. 

noun
  • A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye. 

  • A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. 

maroon

adj
  • Of a maroon color 

  • Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples. 

verb
  • To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island. 

noun
  • A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color. 

  • A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid). 

  • A castaway; a person who has been marooned. 

  • An idiot; a fool. 

  • An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. 

How often have the words fuchsia and maroon occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )