NOUN | plant | petunia | any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers |
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plant | Petunia, genus Petunia | annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America |
Sounds | pahtuw'niyah; pahtuw'nyah | |
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Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... | |
Abkhazia ... Virginia: 48 rhymes with yah... |
Meaning | Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers. | |
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Member of | genus Petunia, Petunia | Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America |
Narrower | hybrid petunia, Petunia hybrida | hybrids of Petunia axillaris and Petunia integrifolia |
large white petunia, Petunia axillaris | Annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers | |
violet-flowered petunia, Petunia integrifolia | herb or small shrublet having solitary violet to rose-red flowers | |
Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
Spanish | petunia | |
Catalan | petunia, petúnia |
Meaning | Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America. | |
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Synonym | genus Petunia | |
Member of | Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family | large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous |
Members | petunia | Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | genus petunia | |
Catalan | genus petunia, Petunia, petúnia |
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