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paeony

Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. Peonies. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, the god of healing. Cf. P[ae]an.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus P[ae]onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also p[ae]ony, and piony.]

paeony

paeony \pae"o*ny\, Paeony \P[ae]"o*ny\(p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n. (Bot.) Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers; the Peony.

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paeony

n. (alternative spelling of peony English)

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paeony

n. any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers [syn: peony]

Usage examples of "paeony".

Her train was decorated with irises, paeonies and bambo and, rampaging through them, a stylised tiger.

A great bank of paeonies blazed in the hot sunshine and at the far end, rooks cawed in the branches of a group of tall elms.