- petunia
[petunia 词源字典]
- petunia: see tobacco
[petunia etymology, petunia origin, 英语词源] - petunia (n.)
- 1825, from Modern Latin Petunia (1789), from French petun (16c.), an obsolete word for "tobacco plant," from Portuguese petum, evidently from Guarani (Paraguay) pety. The petunia has a botanical affinity to the tobacco plant. See tobacco.