Translingual

Petunia flowers

Proper noun

Petunia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the petunias, native to South America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Solanales - order; Solanaceae - family; Petunioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Petunia alpicola, Petunia altiplana, Petunia axillaris, Petunia bajeensis, Petunia bonjardinensis, Petunia exserta, Petunia guarapuavensis, Petunia helianthemoides, Petunia humifusa, Petunia inflata, Petunia integrifolia, Petunia interior, Petunia ledifolia, Petunia littoralis, Petunia mantiqueirensis, Petunia occidentalis, Petunia patagonica, Petunia pubescens, Petunia reitzii, Petunia riograndensis, Petunia saxicola, Petunia scheideana, Petunia variabilis, Petunia villadiana (species)

See also

• List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

petunia ‎(plural petunias)

1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
   • 2002, Larry Hodgson, Annuals for Every Purpose, page 57,

     Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.

   • 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-As-Nails Flowers for the South, page 39,

     The small purple petunias are produced in profusion and without ceasing during the entire season.

   • 2013, Jan Riggenbach, Your Midwest Garden: An Owner's Manual, page 18,

     Closely related calibrachoas, often called miniature petunias, offer dainty petunia-like blossoms that are perfect for planting in pots.

     No matter what type of petunias you choose, they all prefer plenty of sun.

2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

   petunia colour:

Translations

Adjective

petunia ‎(not comparable)

1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• Petunia in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

1. ↑ “petunia” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun ‎(“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum ‎(“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Noun

petunia

1. petunia

Declension

Anagrams

• taipuen

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun ‎(“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum ‎(“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Noun

petunia f ‎(plural petunie)

1. petunia (flower)

Anagrams

• puniate