Petunia
Translingual
Petunia flowers
Etymology
From New Latin Petunia, from French pétun (“(obsolete) the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.
Proper noun
Petunia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the petunias, native to South America.
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Petunia alpicola, Petunia altiplana, Petunia axillaris, 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
See also
References
- Petunia at USDA Plants database
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