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PAEONIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers

Synonyms:

genus Paeonia; Paeonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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