Found 2 items, similar to paeony.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: paeony paeony n : any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers [syn: peony]
English → English (gcide) Definition: paeony paeony \pae"o*ny\, Paeony \P[ae]"o*ny\(p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n. (Bot.) Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers; the Peony. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Peony \Pe"o*ny\, n.; pl. Peonies. [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, the god of healing. Cf. P[ae]an.] (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus P[ae]onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. [Written also p[ae]ony, and piony.] [1913 Webster]