Question

eddie planted morning glories to run over the door and hazel acquired some rather rare fuchsia bushes planted in five - gallon cans which made the entrance formal and a little cluttered.
source: cannery row
in this sentence, fuchsia means:
shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow flowers
a tropical shrub with showy drooping flowers
any of a number of evergreen shrubs or small trees
any of the shrubs that bear blueberries

Explanation:

Fuchsia is a tropical shrub known for its showy drooping flowers. The other options describe different plants. For example, the first option describes a different type of tree with yellow flowers, the third is too general (not specific to fuchsia), and the fourth is about blueberry - bearing shrubs.

Answer:

a tropical shrub with showy drooping flowers