peony

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

Noun

pl -nies a garden plant with showy pink, red, white, or yellow flowers [Greek paiōnia]

Thesaurus

Noun

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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