What does "petunia" mean?

Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.

What is a synonym for "petunia"?

Common synonyms include: genus petunia.

How do you pronounce "petunia"?

Pronounced //pəˈtʲuːni.ə//.

Petunia

//pəˈtʲuːni.ə// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
"Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems."
2
any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers wordnet
3
A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
4
A homosexual. slang

Adjective

1
Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1
A female given name from English. dated

Synonyms

All synonyms

genus petunia

Example

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"I propose replacing "Tom and Mary" with "Pancras and Petunia.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. taxonomic name -ia taxonomic name Petunialbor. English petunia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).

Etymology 2

From petunia.

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