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Webster 1913 Edition
Peony
Pe′o-ny
(pē′ō̍-ny̆)
, Noun.
pl.
Peonies
(pē′ō̍-nĭz)
. [OE.
pione
, pioine
, pioni
, OF. pione
, F. pivoine
, L. paeonia
, Gr. παιωνία
, fr. Παίων
, Παιάν
, the god of healing. Cf. Pæan
.] (Bot.)
A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus
Pæonia
. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also
pæony
, and piony
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Peony
PE'ONY
,Noun.
A plant and flower of the genus Paeonia. It is written also piony.