genus petunia

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   annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America

   SynonymsPetunia

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofSolanaceae

Questions about genus petunia

What does genus petunia mean?

genus petunia means "annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America".

What is another word for genus petunia?

Close synonyms include Petunia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus petunia a common word?

genus petunia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.