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Webster 1913 Edition
Petunia
Pe-tu′ni-a
(pē̍-tū′nĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
[NL., fr. Braz.
petun
tobacco.] (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.