peony
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pe·o·ny /ˈpiːəni/ noun (plural peonies) [countable] HBPDLGa garden plant with large round flowers that are dark red, white, or pink 牡丹，芍药
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peony• Wednesday afternoon, he'd just finished hanging hundreds of peony blooms to dry.• The day the peony falls I will be sunk already in the sorrow of a lost spring.• Until the peony blooms I will be waiting.• The peony gone, the year is over for me.• The peony loosens and the sunflower turns.Origin peony (900-1000) Latin paeonia, from Greek, from Paion Paeon, doctor of the ancient Greek godspe·o·ny nounChineseSyllable
with garden large round flowers a plant Corpus that
peony
pe‧o‧ny /ˈpiːəni/
noun (plural peonies) [countable]
pe‧o‧ny /ˈpiːəni/
noun (plural peonies) [countable] Date: 900-1000
Language: Latin
Origin: paeonia, from Greek, from Paion Paeon, doctor of the ancient Greek gods
a garden plant with large round flowers that are dark red, white, or pink
Language: Latin
Origin: paeonia, from Greek, from Paion Paeon, doctor of the ancient Greek gods