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petunia¹

  • /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/ UK
  • /pəˈtʲuːnjə/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /pəˈtʃuːnjə/ Australia
  • /pəˈtuːniə/ US
  • /pəˈtuːnjə/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).

noun petunias

  1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids. Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.
  2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
  3. slang A homosexual.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

Petunia²

Where it comes from

From petunia.

proper noun

  1. dated A female given name from English.

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noun flower

Españolpetunia
日本語ペチュニア pechunia
Portuguêspetúnia
Françaispétunia
DeutschPetunie
Italianopetunia
Ελληνικάπετούνια petoúnia
Românăpetunie
Русскийпету́ния petúnija

noun colour

日本語暗紫色 anshishoku

adj colour

日本語暗紫色の anshishoku

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APA

petunia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/petunia

Chicago

"petunia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/petunia.

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@misc{petunia_2026,
  title = {petunia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/petunia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}