large white petunia
- noun
- Specialized
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petunia blanca grande
- Gardeners prize the large white petunia for its showy blooms and sweet scent.
Examples
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The large white petunia filled the garden with its delicate fragrance every evening.
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She bought a pot of large white petunias to decorate her balcony.
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The large white petunia bloomed beautifully this spring.
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I planted a large white petunia in my garden.
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Gardeners prize the large white petunia for its showy blooms and sweet scent.
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The large white petunia filled the garden with its delicate fragrance every evening.
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She bought a pot of large white petunias to decorate her balcony.
Synonyms
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A small plant with bright, trumpet-shaped flowers often grown in gardens
A small plant with large white flowers that open at night and smell sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward descriptive noun phrase: the adjectives 'large' and 'white' simply modify the noun 'petunia', so its meaning is directly compositional and predictable from the constituents. This adjectival-noun combination follows standard, cross-linguistically common grammar, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the three words.
Etymology
Large white petunia gets its name because petunia comes from an old South American word for 'tobacco', and petunias are distant relatives of the tobacco plant. These plants open big white flowers that often smell sweet in the evening, so gardeners grow them to 'decorate' gardens and balconies, which is why the name means this showy, fragrant plant.