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Look up: Petunia

  1. Petunia
    These are tender perennials that are originally from South America. They are great for summer flowerbeds, greenhouses or window boxes. They form self-branching mounds that are bushy to cascading, 1 to 2 feet high. Their leaves are ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4 to 5 inches long. The trumpet-shaped flo...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/petunia.html

  2. petunia
    [n] - any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Petunia
    Pe·tu'ni·a noun [ New Latin , from Braz. petun tobacco.] (Botany) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera , with reddish purple flowers, and
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/67

  4. petunia
    <botany> A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. Nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas. ... Origin: NL, fr. Braz...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. petunia
    noun any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Petunia
    • (n.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. petunia
    flowering plant whose showy, trumpet-shaped flowers make it immensely popular for summer beds and window boxes. It is a genus of the nightshade ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/52

  8. Petunia
    Petunia is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `a flower ` Where is it used? The name Petunia is mainly used In English. The name Petunia doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Petunia seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Pet

  9. petunia
    petunia, any plant of the genus Petunia, South American herbs of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family). The common garden petunias, planted also in window boxes, are all considered hybrids of white-flowered and violet-flowered species from Argentina. The plants are of a straggling habit and prod...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08386

  10. Petunia
    `Petunia` is a widely cultivated genus of flowering plants of South American origin, closely related with tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, deadly nightshades, potatoes and chili peppers; in the family Solanaceae. The popular flower derived its name from French, which took the word pet...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petunia



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