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Definition of Genus petunia
1. Noun. Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Petunia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Petunia
Literary usage of Genus petunia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"... shores of the La Plata in South America, and from the dried specimens which
he sent home the French botanist, Jussien, constructed the genus Petunia, ..."
2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"... and from the dried specimens which he sent home the French botanist, Jussieu,
constructed the genus Petunia and named the plant Petunia ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"genus petunia PETUNIA (from petun, the Brazilian word for tobacco, a closely-allied
genus). A genus of about six species of hardy or half-hardy herbs, ..."
4. The American Gardener's Magazine by C M Hovey (1835)
"... that it belongs to the genus Petunia, and it is now known under the specific
name phoenicea. Canna indica (Indian shot). The plants of this showy genus ..."
5. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1848)
"... evidently, our modern genus Petunia is nominally derived) is a Brazilian word."
There are two species of Nicotiana, which alone are worthy of the ..."
6. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"... and from the dried specimens which he sent home the French botanist, Jussieu,
constructed the genus Petunia and named the plant Petunia ..."
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