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Paeonia

noun

peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Paeonia

• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Paeoniaceae, ↑family Paeoniaceae, ↑peony family

• Member Meronyms: ↑peony, ↑paeony

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\\pēˈōnēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, peony, from Greek paiōnia, from Paiōn Paeon, physician of the gods, its reputed discoverer

: a genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs (family Ranunculaceae) that are native chiefly to Europe and Asia and have thickened or tuberous roots, divided leaves, flowers often double in cultivation, and fruit consisting of several many-seeded follicles — see peony

Useful english dictionary. 2012.