Definition of Peonies. Meaning of Peonies. Synonyms of Peonies

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Definition of Peonies

Peonies
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.]

Meaning of Peonies from wikipedia

- usually lasting for only 7–10 days. Peonies are po****r garden plants in temperate regions. Herbaceous peonies are also sold as cut flowers on a large...
- Vincent van Gogh painted "Vase with Peonies", "Bowl with Peonies and Roses" and "Vase with cornflowers and poppies, peonies and chrysanthemums", all in 1886...
- Tree peonies have been in culture in China for millennia, and it is likely that hybrids came into being in gardens, where different wild tree peony species...
- He Weifang, a merchant's daughter who has the ability to cultivate rare peonies and Jiang Changyang, a close minister of the emperor. The series was a...
- also belongs here. Bud Fruit Flower Flowering Tree peony (Paeonia rockii) Hong, D.-Y. (2010), Peonies of the World, Kew Publishing and Missouri Botanical...
- tree peony, originates from China. Sometimes, people refer to these tree peonies as "Chinese tree peonies". Paeonia × suffruticosa belongs to the peony family...
- Look up peony in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The peony is a flowering plant. Peony may also refer to: HMS Peony, the name of two Royal Navy ships...
- stylistic elements of The Peony Pavilion as well as hip-hop imagery: a break dancer does tricks atop a pavilion and pink peonies turn into speakers. A performer...
- "Speciation through homoploid hybridization between allotetraploids in peonies (Paeonia)" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the...
- Black Woman with Peonies also known as Négresse aux pivoines, Young Woman with Peonies, or Negress with Peonies, is a pair of paintings created by the...