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单词 petunia
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petunian.adj.

Brit. /pᵻˈtjuːnɪə/, /pᵻˈtʃuːnɪə/, U.S. /pəˈt(j)uniə/, /pəˈt(j)unjə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Petunia.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Petunia (A. L. de Jussieu 1803, in Ann. du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2 215) < French pétun petun n. + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix1, on account of its botanical relationship to the tobacco plant. Compare French pétunia (1816).
A. n.
1. Any plant of the South American genus Petunia (family Solanaceae), which comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants with funnel-shaped flowers; esp. any of those (now mostly of hybrid origin) cultivated as ornamentals, having flowers in shades of violet, pink, red, white, etc.; (also) the flower of such a plant. Also (in form Petunia): the genus itself.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of south or tropical America
marvel of Peru1597
flower of the night1665
world's wonder1706
butterfly flower1731
mirabilis1754
four o'clock flower1756
bastard mustard1759
Browallia1782
bastard plantain1796
cleome1806
alonsoa1812
gloxinia1816
schizanthus1823
butterfly plant1825
petunia1825
sinningia1826
salpiglossis1827
mask flower1834
poinsettia1836
guaco1844
spiderwort1846
mist flower1848
balisier1858
spider flower1861
sun plant1862
eucharis1866
pretty-by-night1869
Rocky Mountain bee plant1870
urn-flower1891
tulip-poppy1909
smithiantha1917
poor man's orchid1922
ten o'clock1953
tiger-iris-
1825 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 52 2552 Petunia Nyctaginiflora. Large-flowered Petunia... Found by Commerson on the shores of Rio de Plata.
1835 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 295 Solanaceæ..Genera..Nierembergia, R. & P. Nicotiana, L. Petunia, Juss.
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing II. 169 A splendid confusion of verbena, petunia, anemone, and calceolaria spangled with spots of gold.
1882 Garden 25 Mar. 202/3 The Petunia, although a perennial, may also be successfully grown as an annual.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 357/1 Nicotiana..and Petunia..are American genera [of the family Solanaceae] belonging to the tribe Cestreae, in which the embryo is straight or only slightly bent.
1948 J. Nash Eng. Garden Flowers 18/2 The Petunia takes kindly to London air, where it can be seen in many a gay window-box.
1960 Times 9 Jan. 9/1 For those who like larger flowered petunias..the ‘grandiflora’ types are excellent.
2001 Sun 27 Jan. 49/2 Million Bells looks like a small-flowered petunia and blossoms non-stop from early summer to the first frost of winter.
2. Any colour resembling or suggestive of that of a petunia, esp. a bright pink or dark purple colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > bluish purple
violeta1400
blue-violet1783
pansy1891
petunia1891
1891 Daily News 19 Jan. 3/1 Woollen materials..in dark tones of red, russet,..violet, pansy, dahlia, petunia, &c.
1949 H. Wilcox White Stranger vi. 131 With their hair dressed in high coils and their vivid blouses of violet, petunia, rice-green and gold, these women are conscious of their superiority.
1971 Fashion Panorama (Ceylon) 11 (caption) The bridesmaid's saree is of pale petunia.
2001 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 19 Jan. 1 e Color choices include: bluebell, Key lime, petunia, daisy [etc.].
B. adj. (attributive) .
Of the colour of a petunia. rare.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] > other purples
mulberry-coloured1787
plum-coloured1799
mulberry1803
amaranthine1808
mauve1833
mauve-colour1859
mauve-coloured1860
mauvish1876
pontifical1880
plummy1885
plum1887
petunia1892
palatinate1893
1892 Daily News 18 June 3/3 The yoke was of petunia velvet with a deep frill of lace.
1991 Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Features section) Much black and a lot of white with occasional flashes of purple or petunia reds were unexpectedly the colours mainly featured.
2001 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 6 Feb. (Fashion section) 41 Lingerie made from seamless microfibre in the season's fashionable colours of drunken red and deep petunia purple.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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