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    GENUS PAEONIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Paeonia; Paeonia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Paeonia" is a kind of...):

    magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Paeonia"):

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

    Holonyms ("genus Paeonia" is a member of...):

    family Paeoniaceae; Paeoniaceae; peony family (perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America)

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