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adj
Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A female given name from English.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
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noun
A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
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noun
A homosexual.
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Usage: slang
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noun
annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Petunia
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Broader terms: asterid dicot genus
noun
any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: large white petunia, Petunia axillaris, violet-flowered petunia, Petunia integrifolia, hybrid petunia, Petunia hybrida
History
Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia taxonomic name Petunialbor. English petunia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).
From petunia.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
