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petun
Tupi-Guarani · 1600s
"tobacco"
tobacco, since the flowering plant is related to the tobacco family
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petunia
French · 1700s
"a flowering plant related to tobacco"
adopted into French botanical vocabulary for the related flowering plant
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petunia
English · 1825
"a popular flowering garden plant"
settled as the English name for the popular flowering garden plant
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