Definition of Paeonia

1. Noun. Peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Paeonia
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Paeoniaceae, Paeoniaceae, Peony Family
Member holonyms: Paeony, Peony

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paeonia

Padda oryzivora
Paddies
Paddy
Paddy's Day
Paderewski
Padishah
Padishahs
Padma
Padova
Padre
Padua
Paducah
Paducahs
Padykula-Herman stain
PaeR7I invertase
Paeonia
Paeoniaceae
Pagan
Paganini
Page
Page Down
Page Downs
Page Up
Page Ups
Pagellus
Pagellus centrodontus
Pagenstecher's circle
Paget
Paget's cells
Paget's disease

Literary usage of Paeonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race by Karl Otfried Müller (1830)
"In paeonia also was situated the rugged district of ... Immediately to the north of Lower Macedonia, ie to the north of Macedonian paeonia, ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"paeonia officinalis. Folioles oyal, oblong, ellip- tic, and lanceolate. ... paeonia. L. ups. 149. ..."

3. Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture by Leo Wiener (1921)
"THE BULL OF paeonia. It was only the genealogical propensities of the Arabs which in the VIII. century produced a frenzy of genealogical speculations among ..."

4. Greek Coins and Their Parent Cities by John Ward, George Francis Hill (1902)
"(From the Troad, looking across the Hellespont.) BYZANTIUM—THE DARDANELLES—THRACE—paeonia—MACEDONIA' THESSALY—EPIRUS—CORCYRA—ACARNANIA—AETOLIA. ..."

5. A System of Ancient and Mediaeval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1871)
"of paeonia and Macedonia. They were often at war with the latter power, more particularly under the reigns of its last two monarchs. ..."

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