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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
peony
n : any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy
single or double red or pink or white flowers [syn: {paeony}]
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