Definition of Peony. Meaning of Peony. Synonyms of Peony

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Definition of Peony

Peony
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 Peony from wikipedia

- The peony or paeony (/ˈpiːəni/) is any flowering plant in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. Peonies are native to Asia, Europe...
- 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...
- 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...
- The Peony Pavilion (Chinese: 牡丹亭; pinyin: Mǔdān tíng; Wade–Giles: Mu-tan t'ing), also named The Return of Soul at the Peony Pavilion, is a romantic tragicomedy...
- Rock's peony, is a woody species of tree peony that was named after Joseph Rock. It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony, and...
- Peony Pavilion is a 2001 Hong Kong drama film directed by Yonfan. It was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival where Rie Miyazawa won...
- Tree peony is the vernacular name for the section Moutan of the plant genus Paeonia, or one of the species or cultivars belonging to this section. It...
- Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, Chinese herbaceous peony, or common garden peony) is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family...
- to: Paeonia rockii, or Rock's peony, woody species of peony, known as 紫斑牡丹 in Chinese. Paeonia suffruticosa, or tree peony, known as 牡丹 in Chinese. Mudan...
- 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...