Meaning Of The Word Peony

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peony
countable noun: A peony is a medium-sized garden plant which has large round flowers, usually pink, red, or white.

peony in American English
any of a genus (Paeonia) of perennial, often double-flowered, plants of the peony family, with large pink, white, red, or yellow, showy flowers
designating a family (Paeoniaceae, order Dilleniales) of dicotyledonous plants, including many popular ornamentals with attractive flowers and foliage
noun: any 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

peony in British English
noun: any of various ranunculaceous shrubs and plants of the genus Paeonia, of Eurasia and North America, having large pink, red, white, or yellow flowers

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