[pe.o.ny] n, pl -nies [ME piony, fr. MF pioine, fr. L paeonia, fr. Gk paionia, fr. Paion Paeon, physician of the gods] (14c): any of a genus (Paeonia of the family Paeoniaceae) of chiefly Eurasian plants with large often double flowers
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Meaning of PEONY in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012