"petunia" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈtʲuːnjə/ [British, Southern, Standard], /pəˈtʃuːnjə/ [General-Australian], /pəˈtuːniə/ [US], /pəˈtuːnjə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-petunia.wav
Etymology: From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|Petunia}} New Latin Petunia, {{der|en|fr|pétun|t=the tobacco plant}} French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), {{der|en|pt|petum||tobacco}} Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), {{der|en|gug|pety}} Paraguayan Guaraní pety Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} petunia (not comparable)
  1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Purples Translations (colour): виолетов (violetov) (Bulgarian), 暗紫色の (anshishoku) (alt: あんししょくの) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-petunia-en-adj-6Hn5PBSy Disambiguation of Purples: 37 25 38 0

Noun

IPA: /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈtʲuːnjə/ [British, Southern, Standard], /pəˈtʃuːnjə/ [General-Australian], /pəˈtuːniə/ [US], /pəˈtuːnjə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-petunia.wav Forms: petunias [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|Petunia}} New Latin Petunia, {{der|en|fr|pétun|t=the tobacco plant}} French pétun (“the tobacco plant”), {{der|en|pt|petum||tobacco}} Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), {{der|en|gug|pety}} Paraguayan Guaraní pety Head templates: {{en-noun}} petunia (plural petunias)
  1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids. Categories (topical): Purples Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Nightshades
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  2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. Categories (topical): Purples Translations (colour): виолетово (violetovo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 暗紫色 (anshishoku) (alt: あんししょく) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-petunia-en-noun-o1ZHnWjS Disambiguation of Purples: 37 25 38 0 Disambiguation of 'colour': 0 100 0
  3. (slang) a homosexual Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-petunia-en-noun-Uz7IyW5P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hairyflower wild petunia (taxonomic: Ruellia ciliatiflora), Petunia vein banding virus Translations (flower): петуния (petunija) (Bulgarian), petúnia [feminine] (Catalan), petúnie [feminine] (Czech), petunie [feminine] (Czech), petunia (Finnish), Petunie [feminine] (German), πετούνια (petoúnia) [feminine] (Greek), Pëtunje [feminine] (Hunsrik), petunia [feminine] (Italian), ペチュニア (pechunia) (Japanese), petunia [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), petunia [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), petunia [feminine] (Polish), petúnia [feminine] (Portuguese), ਪਟੂਨੀਆ (paṭūnīā) (Punjabi), petunie [feminine] (Romanian), пету́ния (petúnija) [feminine] (Russian), petunia [feminine] (Spanish), petunya (Tagalog), petunya (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'flower': 48 52 0

Inflected forms

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