Definition of Petunia axillaris

1. Noun. Annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Large White Petunia
Generic synonyms: Petunia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petunia Axillaris

Petronella
Petronius
Petronius Arbiter
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petroselinum
Petroselinum crispum
Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum
Petroselinum crispum tuberosum
Petrosyan
Petrozavodsk
Petrus Stuyvesant
Pette-Doring disease
Petteria
Petteria ramentacea
Petty Bag
Petunia axillaris
Petunia hybrida
Petunia integrifolia
Peugeot
Peugeots
Peul
Peutz's syndrome
Pew
Peyer's patches
Peyton
Peyton Rous
Pez
Peziza coccinea
Peziza domicilina

Literary usage of Petunia axillaris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"petunia axillaris (Lam.) BSP White 2. in Petunia. Fig. 3733. ... petunia axillaris BSP Prel. Cat. NY 38. 1888. Very viscid; stem stout, about i° high. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Petunia Herbaceous annual Cultivated and escaped to old fields, waste ground, rubbish dumps and paving cracks. petunia axillaris (Lam. ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Petunia Herbaceous annual Cultivated and escaped to old fields, waste ground, rubbish dumps and paving cracks. petunia axillaris (Lam. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"petunia axillaris. ( XH) Garden petunias are small soft plants of straggling or decumbent habit, pubescent and usually more or less sticky, with large showy ..."

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