paeonia

English Thesaurus

1. peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	paeony, peony,
definition	:	any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family paeoniaceae, paeoniaceae, peony family,
definition	:	perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America (noun.plant)