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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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