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Definition of Peonies
1. peony [n] - See also: peony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peonies
Literary usage of Peonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Woman's Hardy Garden by Helena Rutherfurd Ely (1903)
"The Japanese Tree peonies do not die to the ground every year, ... The blossoms
of these Tree peonies are truly wonderful; the only care needed is a little ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"It is commonly understood, however, that the present race of herbaceous peonies
is mostly the progeny of P. albiflora, but many are from P. officinalis. ..."
3. Pots and Pans: Or, Studies in Still-life Painting by Arthur Edwin Bye (1921)
"It is a vase of peonies. The handsome flowers are delicately, subtly suggested
as though dimly seen. It is a naturalistic study, carefully drawn, ..."
4. Fir-flower Tablets: Poems Translated from the Chinese by Amy Lowell (1921)
"... SONGS TO THE peonies SUNG TO THE AIR: "PEACEFUL BRIGHTNESS" BY LI T'AI-PO I
THE many-coloured clouds make me think of her upper garments, ..."
5. Fir-flower Tablets: Poems Translated from the Chinese by Amy Lowell (1921)
"... peonies SUNG TO THE AIR: " PEACEFUL BRIGHTNESS " BY LI T'AI-PO I THE many-coloured
clouds make me think of her upper garments, of her lower garments; ..."
6. Twenty Years in the Himalaya by Hon. Charles Granville Bruce (1910)
"Higher up still another breath of delight is drawn at the acres of white peonies
as large as breakfast cups, and of a satiny texture and sweetness that ..."
7. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"peonies more required by some other ... 12. p¡g 1 is a section through the flower,
showing the hammer-shaped petal within the hood. peonies Natural Order ..."
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