Definition of Peonies. Meaning of Peonies. Synonyms of Peonies

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Definition of Peonies

Peonies
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.]

Meaning of Peonies from wikipedia

- usually lasting for only 7–10 days. Peonies are po****r garden plants in temperate regions. Herbaceous peonies are also sold as cut flowers on a large...
- Tree peonies have been in culture in China for millennia, and it is likely that hybrids came into being in gardens, where different wild tree peony species...
- Peony, published in the UK as The Bondmaid, is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1948. It is a story of China's Kaifeng Jews. Peony is set in...
- The Jade Peony is a novel by Wayson Choy. It was first published in 1995 by Douglas and McIntyre. The novel features stories told by three siblings, Jook-Liang...
- Year of Peonies" by Zeitlin, Judith T. Asian Theatre Journal 1.1 (2002): 124–33. Project MUSE. Wikiquote has quotations related to The Peony Pavilion...
- Carl Rosenfield's neighboring Peony Gardens were established 35 years earlier, in 1884, with 25 acres (100,000 m2) of peonies in several hundred varieties...
- Look up peony in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The peony is a flowering plant. Peony may also refer to: HMS Peony, the name of two Royal Navy ships...
- Vincent van Gogh painted "Vase with Peonies", "Bowl with Peonies and Roses" and "Vase with cornflowers and poppies, peonies and chrysanthemums", all in 1886...
- tree peony, originates from China. Sometimes, people refer to these tree peonies as "Chinese tree peonies". Paeonia × suffruticosa belongs to the peony family...
- in the film and The Valiant Red Peony was a big hit. The Valiant Red Peony is the first episode in the Valiant Red Peony aka Hibotan Bakuto film series...