petunia

[US]/pɪ'tjuːnɪə/
[UK]/pə'tunɪə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of flowering plant in the genus Petunia
Word Forms
Pluralpetunias

Phrases & Collocations

purple petunia

fragrant petunia

Example Sentences

The petunias were already wilting in the hot sun.

She planted petunias in her garden.

The petunias added a pop of color to the flower bed.

I watered the petunias to keep them healthy.

The petunias bloomed beautifully in the spring.

She picked a bouquet of petunias for the table centerpiece.

The fragrance of the petunias filled the air.

She admired the delicate petals of the petunias.

The petunias attract butterflies to the garden.

She used petunias as a border for her vegetable patch.

The petunias wilted in the hot sun.

Real-world Examples

You see that little petunia he's wrestling?

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias.

Source: The Little House on Mango Street

I grow everything from petunias to Calibrachoas to tropical plants.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Dixon is known for its yearly petunia festival.

Source: TED Radio Hour

But even if I were a pig, I can see no reason for rooting up fluffy-ruffle petunias.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

A little white house with blue curtains and a window-box of petunias.

Source: Garden Party (Part 2)

He pranced to the front yard and gave himself with abandon to my fourth planting of fluffy-ruffle petunias.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

While I was napping, the happy congregation moved on to the trays of biddy-mash, the skimmed milk and the fluffy-ruffle petunias.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

The meat was as white as the skimmed milk and the petunia roots on which it had been fattened.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

So while I could forgive the heavy supplying to alien porkers of chicken feed and milk, I simply could not forgive the fluffy-ruffle petunias.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

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