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peony.

A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpiːəni/
  1. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.

  2. A dark red colour.

Where this word comes from

From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, pyoine (French pivoine), from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).

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