peony Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
    paeony.

WordNet

Pe"o*ny noun
Etymology
OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. , fr. , , the god of healing. Cf. Pæan.
Wordforms
plural Peonies
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Pæonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. Written also pæony, and piony.

Webster 1913