peony (redirected from peonies)

pe·o·ny  (p-n)

n. pl. pe·o·nies

Any of various garden plants of the genus Paeonia, having large, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens and several pistils.

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[Middle English pione, from Old English ponie and Anglo-Norman peonie, both from Medieval Latin penia, from Latin paenia, from Greek paini, perhaps from Pain, Apollo, physician of the gods.]

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peony, paeony [ˈpiːənɪ]

n pl -nies

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various ranunculaceous shrubs and plants of the genus Paeonia, of Eurasia and North America, having large pink, red, white, or yellow flowers

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the flower of any of these plants

[Old English peonie, from Latin paeōnia, from Greek paiōnia; related to paiōnios healing, from paiōn physician]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

peony - any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers paeony flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms genus Paeonia, Paeonia - peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers

Translations

peony [ˈpɪənɪ] N → peonía f

peony paeony [ˈpiːəni] n → pivoine f

peony

n → Pfingstrose f, → Päonie f (spec)

peony [ˈpɪənɪ] n → peonia

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peony [ˈpɪənɪ] n → peonia