Petunia
See also: petunia, pétunia, and petúnia
Translingual
Petunia flowers
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from French pétun (“(obsolete) the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Proper noun
Petunia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the petunias, native to South America.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; 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)
Derived terms
- Petunia vein banding virus
See also
List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Petunia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Petunia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Petunia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Petunia at USDA Plants database
English
Etymology
From petunia
Proper noun
- (dated) A female given name.