peony
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peony
- /ˈpiːəni/
Where it comes from
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”).
noun peonies · paeony · pioney · piony
- 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.
- 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.
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noun Paeonia genus of flowering plants
| Español | peonía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모란 moran |
| 日本語 | 牡丹, ボタン botan |
| 中文 | 牡丹 mǔdān |
| Português | peônia, peónia |
| Français | pivoine |
| Deutsch | Pfingstrose, Päonie |
| Italiano | peonia |
| Ελληνικά | παιωνία paionía |
| Română | bujor |
| Русский | пио́н pión |
| Tiếng Việt | mẫu đơn |
| العربية | عُود الصَّلِيب ʕūd aṣ-ṣalīb, فَاوَانِيَا fāwāniyā |
| עברית | אַדְמוֹנִית |
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title = {peony},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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