A petunia is a garden plant grown for its flowers. The blooms are shaped like a little trumpet, wide at the open end, and they are classically pink, purple, or white — though garden shops now sell many other colours and stripes as well.

A petunia is a garden plant grown for its flowersPetunia（矮牽牛）是一種因花朵而被種植的園藝植物 The blooms are shaped like a little trumpet, wide at the open end它的花形狀像個小喇叭，開口那端比較寬 and they are classically pink, purple, or white經典的顏色是粉紅色、紫色、或白色 though garden shops now sell many other colours and stripes as well不過現在園藝店也賣很多其他顏色和有條紋的品種

People put them in pots, window boxes, and hanging baskets because they flower for a long time in warm weather and look generous from a balcony. The plant itself is not a tree or a bush; it is a low, leafy thing you grow for show, not for food.

People put them in pots, window boxes, and hanging baskets大家會把它種在花盆、窗台花箱、和吊籃裡 because they flower for a long time in warm weather and look generous from a balcony因為它在溫暖的季節裡會開很久的花，從陽台看起來也很茂盛 The plant itself is not a tree or a bush這種植物本身不是樹也不是灌木 it is a low, leafy thing you grow for show, not for food它是一種矮矮的、多葉的東西，是種來觀賞的，不是拿來吃的

Though actually, the name has a curious past: it comes, through French, from an old Tupi word for tobacco. Petunias and tobacco are related plants. A petunia is the pretty cousin you hang outside the window, not something anyone smokes.

Though actually不過其實 the name has a curious past這個名字的來歷有點奇妙： it comes, through French, from an old Tupi word for tobacco它是經過法文，從古代Tupi語裡「菸草」這個字來的 Petunias and tobacco are related plants矮牽牛和菸草其實是親戚植物 A petunia is the pretty cousin you hang outside the windowPetunia就是你掛在窗外那位好看的表親 not something anyone smokes不是拿來抽的東西