| 释义 |
> as lemmasfemale peony The chief kinds originally grown were the South European Peaonia mascula and P. officinalis, distinguished as male peony and female peony respectively. Of modern garden varieties, the herbaceous ones derive mainly from P. lactiflora and the shrubby ones (cf. tree peony n. at tree n. Compounds 2a(b)) from P. suffruticosa, both of north-east Asia.< |