petunia vs violet

petunia

adj
  • Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. 

noun
  • Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids. 

  • a homosexual 

  • A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers. 

violet

adj
  • Having a bluish-purple colour. 

noun
  • A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy. 

  • Synonym of onion. 

  • A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers. 

  • Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour. 

  • The characteristic scent of V. odorata. 

  • A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata. 

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