Petunia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petunia \Pe*tu"ni*a\ (p[-e]*t[=u]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [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.
     [1913 Webster] Petuntse
     Petunse

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  petunia
       n : any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped
           flowers