calibrachoa

See also: Calibrachoa

English

Calibrachoa parviflora

Etymology

From translingual Calibrachoa (“genus name”).

Noun

calibrachoa (plural calibrachoas)

1. Any of the solanaceous plants of genus Calibrachoa.
   • 2007 August 23, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Annual geraniums and tobacco relatives like petunias, calibrachoas and nicotianas suffer most, but other flowers including osteospermums, mallows and chrysanthemums may also be attacked.

   • 2009, J. Engelmann, J. Hamacher, “Plant Virus Diseases: Ornamental Plants”, in Brian W.J. Mahy, Marc H.V. van Regenmortel, editors, Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology, page 441:

     The most frequently detected virus of calibrachoas has been characterized recently, named calibrachoa mottle virus (CbMV) and has been tentatively assigned to the genus Carmovirus.

   • 2009, Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis, Ellen Phillips, Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, page 126:

     Closely related to petunias, calibrachoas are 3- to 9-inch-tall plants with trailing stems and a mounding habit.

   • 2013, Derek Fell, Derek Fell's Grow This!‎^[2], page 177:

     Also, the 'Superbells' tend to be more vigorous than 'Million Bells' and other calibrachoa varieties.
     All calibrachoas have several shortcomings in differing degrees, depending on variety—they are generally short lived, providing a bold burst of color at the start of the season, but dwindling as the soil pH changes from acid to alkaline from fertilizing.

Hyponyms

• (plant of genus Calibrachoa): million bells, Superbells (varieties)