Definition of Petunea
Pe*tu"ni*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Braz.
petun tobacco.] (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous herbs
with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in
cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers,
and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many
hybrid forms with variegated corollas.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A genus of flowering plants of the genus Petunia; most garden varieties are hybrids.
- (colour) a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
petunia colour:
- (colour) of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
Petunia
Translingual
- a taxonomic genus, within family Solanaceae - the petunias
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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