Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Petunia   Listen
noun
Petunia  n.  (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnel-form or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacea, with reddish purple flowers, and Petunia nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Petunia" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mother Mayberry, as she picked up little Hoover, who was nodding like a top-heavy petunia in a breeze, and stretched him across her lap for a nap. "But as long as she have got the spanking of man sprouts from they one to ten years she oughter make out to get in a vote to suit herself, as time comes along, especially if she have picked ...
— The Road to Providence • Maria Thompson Daviess
... a tired old flower must die, Its soul mounts in a butterfly; Just now a dozen snow-wings sped From out that white petunia bed; ...
— Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales • Ruth McEnery Stuart


Words linked to "Petunia" :   Petunia hybrida, genus Petunia, flower, asterid dicot genus, Solanaceae, potato family, family Solanaceae


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org