PETUNIA

Petunia

Petunia is genus of 35 species of flowering plants of South American origin, closely related to tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, deadly nightshades, potatoes and chili peppers; in the family Solanaceae. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word petun, meaning "tobacco," from a Tupi–Guarani language. An annual, most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids .

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petunia

Noun

  1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
  2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

Adjective

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


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