paeony
Britishnoun
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ANDERSON, Mr., on the reproduction of the weeping ash by seed. -on the cultivation of the tree paeony in China.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin
And, with humility, Lo Cheng replied: "What mortal man shall decide between the white Crane and the Swan, or between the paeony flower and the lotus?"
From The ninth vibration and other stories by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck
When flowers become double by cultivation, the stamens are converted into petals, as in the paeony, camellia, rose, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
In the natural order Ranunculaceae, some genera, such as Ranunculus, globe-flower and paeony, have both calyx and corolla, while others, such as clematis, anemone and Caltha, have only a coloured calyx.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Speaking generally, the flowers of the French section resemble the chrysanthemum, and those of the German the paeony.
From Gardening for the Million by Alfred Pink
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