[pee-uh-nee] 
| any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana. |
n paean; r. ME pione < AF < OF peone < L; r. OE peonie < LL, L, as above
| pe·o·ny (pē'ə-nē) n. pl. pe·o·nies Any of various garden plants of the genus Paeonia, having large, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens and several pistils. [Middle English pione, from Old English pēonie and Anglo-Norman peonie, both from Medieval Latin peōnia, from Latin paeōnia, from Greek paiōniā, perhaps from Paiōn, Apollo, physician of the gods.] |