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tree peony

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noun

  1. a shrubby plant, Paeonia suffruticosa, of China, having rose-red or white flowers nearly 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) wide.

Etymology

Origin of tree peony

First recorded in 1835–45

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This is true of most fruit-trees, and such shrubs as lilac, forsythia, tree peony, wistaria, some spireas and viburnums, weigela, deutzia.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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