Pe″o‐ny (pē″ō̍‐ny̆), n.; pl.Peonies (pē″ō̍‐nĭz). [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. παιωνία, fr. Παίων, Παιάν, the god of healing. Cf. Pæan.] (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.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.