Definition of Petunia hybrida

1. Noun. Hybrids of Petunia axillaris and Petunia integrifolia: a complex group of petunias having single or double flowers in colors from white to purple.

Exact synonyms: Hybrid Petunia
Generic synonyms: Petunia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petunia Hybrida

Petronius
Petronius Arbiter
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petroselinum
Petroselinum crispum
Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum
Petroselinum crispum tuberosum
Petrosyan
Petrozavodsk
Petrus Stuyvesant
Pette-Doring disease
Petteria
Petteria ramentacea
Petty Bag
Petunia axillaris
Petunia hybrida (current term)
Petunia integrifolia
Peugeot
Peugeots
Peul
Peutz's syndrome
Pew
Peyer's patches
Peyton
Peyton Rous
Pez
Peziza coccinea
Peziza domicilina
Pezizaceae

Literary usage of Petunia hybrida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"CC: F200 AB: Transgenic Petunia hybrida clones harbouring the T-DNA gene 2 of Agrobacterium tumefaciens were used to test a strategy for the trapping of ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Petunia hybrida. A double form. (XH) length of the linear calyx- lobes), rose-red or violet, the limb relatively short. Ar.gen- tina. BR 1626. ..."

3. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"PETUNIA Petunia hybrida. Petunia, from Petun, an aboriginal name of tobacco; given to the genus by Jussieu. A garden race of hybrid annuals, ..."

4. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Transgenic petunia (Petunia hybrida) harboring either the alpha'- or beta-subunit gene were constructed to test whether the patterns of differential ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"They were semi-trailing plants, the leaves covered with abundant short, woolly hairs. The cross was Petunia hybrida, var. grandiflora x Nicotiana ..."

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