PETUNIA

Pe‐tu″ni‐a (?), n. [[NL., fr. Braz. petun tobacco.]] (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacea, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.