Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various garden plants of the genus Paeonia, having large, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens and several pistils.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any plant of the genus Pæonia, which comprises strong-growing showy perennials, familiar in gardens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A friend of mine suggested that "lilied" was peculiarly appropriate to form "cold nymphs chaste crowns," from its imputed power as a preserver of chastity: and in MR. HALLIWELL'S folio, several examples are quoted from old poets of "peony" spelt "piony;" and of both _peony_ and _lily_ as
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This peony is very reminiscent of HEAVEN ON EARTH.
For the peony connoisseur: the Itoh peonies « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2010
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HA Lisa, I have to laugh at you calling the peony a thing!
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The most splendid of arrangements for the tea ceremony comes in May, when a peony is put out in a celadon vase; but here again there is but a single bud, always with dew upon it.
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Ants are attracted to the sweet syrup in peony’s flower buds, but are not needed, as the old-timers will tell you, for flower production.
The secret to growing fabulous peonies « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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"The peony is a Chinese symbol for the feminine nature or sensuality," she says as she moves her body to give the bird wings.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Belly-Dancing Psychologist Nancy Ruhling 2010
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"The peony is a Chinese symbol for the feminine nature or sensuality," she says as she moves her body to give the bird wings.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Belly-Dancing Psychologist Nancy Ruhling 2010
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Could be a type of "peony" version of oriental, though.
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But I could barely get the word "peony" out of my mouth before finding out that I can't get them in July!
Weddingbee Miss Turtle 2010
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It took Chen three years to complete the Flowering series, in which the well-known "peony" paintings by Hsu His (徐熙), who lived during China's Five Dynasties period, are deconstructed and reconstructed using contemporary visual vocabularies and cultural contexts.
Taipei Times 2008
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