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peony Definition


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peony
paeony
noun peonies, paeonies
    1. A shrub or herbaceous plant with large, showy red, pink, yellow or white globular flowers with five to ten petals and numerous stamens.
    2. The flower produced by this plant.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon: from French pione, from Greek paionia, from Paion the healer of the gods, because of the plant's medicinal use.



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