: a shrubby Chinese peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) having biternate leaves and large showy flowers and being the only woody cultivated peony and the source of many horticultural varieties
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a shrubby plant, Paeonia suffruticosa, of China, having rose-red or white flowers nearly 12 in. (30.5 cm) wide.
[1835-45]
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tree peony noun
A shrub (Paeonia suffruticosa, also called moutan) of the family Ranunculaceae, native to China and Tibet, with pale pink flowers, from which many garden varieties have been developed
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tree peony,
a slow-growing peony, originally from western China, having showy white or rose-colored flowers which grow on woody stems from three to four feet high; mountain peony.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.