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Definition of Paeony
1. Noun. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
Definition of Paeony
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of peony) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paeony
1. peony [n PAEONIES] - See also: peony
Medical Definition of Paeony
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paeony
Literary usage of Paeony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... colour-groups— Difficulty of choosing—Hardy Azaleas—Grouping flowers that
bloom together—Guelder-rose as climber—The garden-wall door—The paeony ..."
2. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"Visitors to the great flower shows gaze in wonder at the magnificent flowers
which represent the florists' latest achievements in paeony development—flowers ..."
3. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1853)
"In the emblematical language of flowers, the paeony is given as a ... Antiquity
celebrates the virtues of the paeony amongst the wonders of the vegetable ..."
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