petunia
noun/pəˈtjuːniə/
/pəˈtuːniə/
- a garden plant with white, pink, purple or red flowersWord Originmodern Latin, from French petun, from Tupi-Guarani petȳ ‘tobacco’ (to which these plants are related).
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