peony

pe·o·ny

P0176300 (pē′ə-nē)n. pl. pe·o·nies Any of various garden plants of the genus Paeonia, having large, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens and several pistils.

[Middle English pione, from Old English pēonie and Anglo-Norman peonie, both from Medieval Latin peōnia, from Latin paeōnia, from Greek paiōniā, perhaps from Paiōn, Apollo, physician of the gods.]

peony

(ˈpiːənɪ) or

paeony

n, pl -nies1. (Plants) any of various ranunculaceous shrubs and plants of the genus Paeonia, of Eurasia and North America, having large pink, red, white, or yellow flowers2. (Plants) the flower of any of these plants[Old English peonie, from Latin paeōnia, from Greek paiōnia; related to paiōnios healing, from paiōn physician]

pe•o•ny

(ˈpi ə ni)

n., pl. -nies. any of various plants of the genus Paeonia, having large showy flowers, as P. lactiflora. [before 1000; late Middle English pyony, Middle English pione (< Anglo-French, Old French), Old English peonie < Latin paeōnia < Greek paiōnía peony (especially its root, used medicinally), derivative of Paian paean]

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peony - any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowerspaeonyflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Paeonia, Paeonia - peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers

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peony

(pē`ənē), any plant of the genus Paeonia of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercupbuttercup
or crowfoot,
common name for the Ranunculaceae, a family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs of cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Thought to be one of the most primitive families of dicotyledenous plants, the Ranunculaceae typically have a simple
..... Click the link for more information. family, although placed in the order Dilleniales as a separate family, the Paeoniaceae, by many modern botanists), mostly Eurasian species popular as garden and florists' flowers. Herbaceous peonies (most varieties of P. lactiflora)—formerly and still sometimes called piney—are hardy, bushy perennials that die back each year. The large, usually spring-blooming, single or double flowers commonly range in shades from red to white. Tree peonies (P. suffruticosa) have a somewhat woody, persistent base and are usually taller than the herbaceous, with more abundant and larger blossoms; they often are very long-lived but are less common in cultivation. Both kinds of peony have long been venerated in their native China and Japan. The peony was formerly regarded as both ornamental and medicinal—the roots were used to prevent convulsions. P. brownii is a species of small peony, not horticulturally important, that is native to the West Coast of North America. Peony is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Ranunculales, family Ranunculaceae.

peony

Very beautiful cup-shaped flowers, usually pink, white or red with yellow (sometimes white) stamens. Lots of varieties. Bushes can grow to look like small trees 10ft (3m) tall. Add flowers petals to your salad, soup, tea. Used for menstrual cramps, irregularities, emotional nervous conditions. Consult with expert, can be toxic if taken incorrectly.

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of Indiana. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 631]See: Flower, State

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symbol of shyness and timidity. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]See: Timidity

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, paeony1. any of various ranunculaceous shrubs and plants of the genus Paeonia, of Eurasia and North America, having large pink, red, white, or yellow flowers 2. the flower of any of these plants

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noun any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

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