Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Petunia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Petunia \Pe*tu"ni*a\, n. [NL., fr. Braz. petun tobacco.] (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
petunia
n : any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped
flowers
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