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peony |
2 definitions found 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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