peony

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Any of various garden plants of the genus Paeonia, having large, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens and several pistils.

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Any plant of the genus Pæonia, which comprises strong-growing showy perennials, familiar in gardens.

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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.

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any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers