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Peony

//ˈpiːəni// noun

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Noun

1
A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
"The root of the Male Peony fresh gathered has been found by experience to cure the falling-sickness."
2
any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers wordnet
3
A dark red colour.
"She was a fine and handsome girl—not handsomer than some others, possibly—but her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes added eloquence to colour and shape."

Etymology

From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, pyoine (French pivoine), from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).

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