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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: paeony /ˈpiːənɪ/ n ( pl -nies)- a variant spelling of peony
pe•o•ny /ˈpiəni/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -nies. - Plant Biologya plant having large, round, pink or white showy flowers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•o•ny (pē′ə nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. - Plant Biologyany of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- Late Latin, Latin, as above
- Latin; replacing Old English peonie
- Old French peone
- Anglo-French
- Greek paiōnía peony, akin to Paiá̄n paean; replacing Middle English pione
- Late Latin peōnia, Latin paeōnia
- Middle English bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peony, paeony /ˈpiːənɪ/ n ( pl -nies)- any of various ranunculaceous shrubs and plants of the genus Paeonia, of Eurasia and North America, having large pink, red, white, or yellow flowers
- the flower of any of these plants
Etymology: Old English peonie, from Latin paeōnia, from Greek paiōnia; related to paiōnios healing, from paiōn physician |