Associations to the word «Peony»

Wiktionary

PEONY, noun. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. [from 10th c.]

Dictionary definition

PEONY, noun. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne