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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peony /ˈpiːəni/ (also paeony)

▶noun a herbaceous or shrubby plant of north temperate regions, long cultivated for its showy flowers. [Genus Paeonia.]

– origin OE peonie, via L. from Gk paiōnia, from Paiōn, the name of the physician of the gods.

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