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English Dictionary: Petunia by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petunia
n
  1. any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
  2. annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America
    Synonym(s): genus Petunia, 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.
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