| 单词 | petunia |
| 释义 | petunia (once / 67156 pages) n WORD FAMILY petunia: petunias USAGE EXAMPLESMariam saw flowers everywhere, tulips, lilies, petunias, their petals awash in sunlight. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Using petunias, snapdragons, marigolds, geraniums and other annuals grown on-site in nine greenhouses, crews replant the flower beds each spring, always in a different theme. Golf Digest(Oct 28, 2016) A few days later, course designer Tom Fazio spotted Sick planting petunias. Golf Digest(Oct 20, 2016) n any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers Hypo|Hyper Petunia axillaris, large white petunia annual herb having large nocturnally fragrant white flowers Petunia integrifolia, violet-flowered petuniaherb or small shrublet having solitary violet to rose-red flowers Petunia hybrida, hybrid petuniahybrids of Petunia axillaris and Petunia integrifolia: a complex group of petunias having single or double flowers in colors from white to purple flower a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms Petunia (once / 60612 pages) n WORD FAMILY Petunia: Petunias USAGE EXAMPLESHARRY: I think—believe—Petunia wanted me to have it, that’s why she kept it, and now I want you to have it from me. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child(2016) Petunia eats diet kibble - “don’t tell her,” Lyons whispers in jest - but feasts from two food settings. Washington Times(Jul 30, 2016) "Petunia? You there, naughty rascal! Smell the honey? Come feast yourself, Pet!" Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy(1986) n annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America Syn|Hyper genus Petunia asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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