PAEONIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Paeonia mean? • PAEONIA (noun)
The noun PAEONIA has 1 sense:
1. peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers
Familiarity information: PAEONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PAEONIA (noun)
Meaning:
Peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Paeonia; Paeonia
Hypernyms ("Paeonia" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Paeonia"):
paeony; peony (any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers)
Holonyms ("Paeonia" is a member of...):
family Paeoniaceae; Paeoniaceae; peony family (perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America)
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