Petunioid
/ˌpɛtjuˈniɔɪd/noun
Resembling or related to a petunia, especially in botanical form.
Did you know?The name petunia entered European languages through Brazilian Portuguese and ultimately traces to Tupi pety or petum, meaning “tobacco.”
Etymological Timeline
Pre-17th Century
Tupi
pety / petum
“Tobacco”
16th–17th Century
Brazilian Portuguese
petum
“Tobacco; a source for the plant name”
18th Century
French
pétunia
“Petunia, a flowering plant named in reference to tobacco”
18th Century
English
petunia
“A cultivated flowering plant of the genus Petunia”
Modern English
English
petunioid
“Resembling a petunia; petunia-like”
Modern English
Greek suffix
-oeidēs / -oid
“Resembling or having the form of”