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petunia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Petunia  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  petunia 
  n  :  any  of  numerous  tropical  herbs  having  fluted  funnel-shaped 
  flowers 




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