petunia

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/pəˈtʲuːni.ə/|/pəˈtʲuːnjə/    /pəˈtʃuːnjə/|/pəˈtuːniə/|/pəˈtuːnjə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
    — Usually petunias are quite pest free, but aphids are occasional problems.
  2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
  3. A homosexual. slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. not-comparable

词形变化

petunias plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Tupian *pe
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm
Old Tupi petymabor.
French pétun
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der.
taxonomic name -ia
taxonomic name Petunialbor.
English petunia
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Tupian *pe
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm
Old Tupi petymabor.
French pétun
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der.
taxonomic name -ia
taxonomic name Petunialbor.
English petunia
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).
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