peony

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
    — The root of the Male Peony fresh gathered has been found by experience to cure the falling-sickness.
  2. A dark red colour.
    — She was a fine and handsome girl—not handsomer than some others, possibly—but her mobile peony mouth and large innocent eyes added eloquence to colour and shape.

词形变化

peonies plural paeony alternative pioney alternative,obsolete piony alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
peonidin peonylike

词源

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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