petunia

Meanings

Noun

• Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
• A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

Adjective

• Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

Origin

• From New Latin Petunia, from (now obsolete) French petun, from Portuguese petum ("tobacco"), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.