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Definition of petunia noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

petunia

noun

/pəˈtjuːniə/

/pəˈtuːniə/

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a garden plant with white, pink, purple or red flowers
Word Originmodern Latin, from French petun, from Tupi-Guarani petȳ ‘tobacco’ (to which these plants are related).

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