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PAEONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paeony mean? 

PAEONY (noun)
  The noun PAEONY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PAEONY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAEONY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

paeony; peony

Hypernyms ("paeony" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("paeony" is a member of...):

genus Paeonia; Paeonia (peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers)


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