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Webster 1913 Edition

Petunia

Pe-tu′ni-a

(pē̍-tū′nĭ-ȧ)

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Braz.

petun

tobacco.]

(Bot.)

A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnel-form or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation,

Petunia violacea

, with reddish purple flowers, and

Petunia nyctaginiflora

, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.

Definition 2024

Petunia

Petunia

See also: petunia, pétunia, and petúnia

Translingual

Petunia flowers

Proper noun

Petunia f

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