What is another word for paeonia?

Pronunciation: [piːˈə͡ʊni͡ə] (IPA)

Paeonia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Paeoniaceae, commonly known as peonies. These plants are known for their showy, large, and colorful flowers in shades of red, pink, white, and yellow. Other synonyms for the word "paeonia" include the Chinese peony, European peony, garden peony, and tree peony. Some popular species of paeonia include Paeonia lactiflora, Paeonia suffruticosa, and Paeonia tenuifolia. These beautiful flowers are often used in bouquets and floral arrangements and are a favorite among gardeners for their longevity and beautiful blooms.

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What are the hypernyms for Paeonia?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Paeonia?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the holonyms for Paeonia?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

What are the meronyms for Paeonia?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Paeonia

Passing over these mountains, with the paeonians on his right and the Sintians and Maedians on the left, he finally arrived at Doberus, in paeonia, losing none of his army on the march, except perhaps by sickness, but receiving some augmentations, many of the independent Thracians volunteering to join him in the hope of plunder; so that the whole is said to have formed a grand total of a hundred and fifty thousand.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides
However, Pompey having a desire to confirm and keep him in the same mind, marched forwards for Petra, an expedition not altogether irreprehensible in the opinion of many; who thought it a mere running away from their proper duty, the pursuit of Mithridates, Rome's ancient and inveterate enemy, who was now rekindling the war once more, and making preparations, it was reported, to lead his army through Scythia and paeonia, into Italy.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
The earliest historical account of such habitations is that given by Herodotus of a Thracian tribe, who dwelt, in the year 520 B.C., in Prasias, a small mountain-lake of paeonia, now part of modern Roumelia.
"The Antiquity of Man"
Charles Lyell

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