Petunia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin Petunia, from French pétun (“(obsolete) the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Proper noun edit
Petunia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – petunias, native to South America.
Hypernyms edit
- (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 edit
- (genus): Petunia axillaris (large white petunia, white-moon petunia) - type species; Petunia alpicola, Petunia altiplana, 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 edit
See also edit
List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- Petunia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Petunia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Petunia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Petunia at USDA Plants database
English edit
Etymology edit
From petunia
Proper noun edit
Petunia
- (dated) A female given name from English.