'Peony' definitions:
Definition of 'peony'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers [syn: peony, paeony]
Definition of 'Peony'
From: GCIDE
- Peony \Pe"o*ny\ (p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Peonies (p[=e]"[-o]*n[i^]z). [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. paiwni`a, fr. Pai`wn, Paia`n, 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]