PAEONY

peony, paeony

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

paeony (plural paeonies)

Alternative spelling of peony

Anagrams

• nyaope

Source: Wiktionary


Pæ"o*ny, n. (Bot.)

Definition: See Peony.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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