peony

Related topics: Plants, Gardening

pe·o·ny /ˈpiːəni/ noun (plural peonies) [countableC]

HBPDLGa garden plant with large round flowers that are dark red, white, or pink 牡丹，芍药

Examples from the Corpus

peony• Wednesday afternoon, he'd just finished hanging hundreds of peony blooms to dry.• The day the peony falls I will be sunk already in the sorrow of a lost spring.• Until the peony blooms I will be waiting.• The peony gone, the year is over for me.• The peony loosens and the sunflower turns.

Origin peony

(900-1000) Latin paeonia, from Greek, from Paion Paeon, doctor of the ancient Greek gods

单词	peony
释义	peony Related topics: Plants, Gardening pe·o·ny /ˈpiːəni/ noun (plural peonies) [countableC] HBPDLGa garden plant with large round flowers that are dark red, white, or pink 牡丹，芍药 Examples from the Corpus peony• Wednesday afternoon, he'd just finished hanging hundreds of peony blooms to dry.• The day the peony falls I will be sunk already in the sorrow of a lost spring.• Until the peony blooms I will be waiting.• The peony gone, the year is over for me.• The peony loosens and the sunflower turns. Origin peony (900-1000) Latin paeonia, from Greek, from Paion Paeon, doctor of the ancient Greek gods
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