名詞 peony:

1. any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
   同義詞：paeony

1. I like the carpets patterned with peonies.
   我喜歡印有牡丹花圖案的地毯。
2. The peonies are in full bloom now.
   現(xiàn)在牡丹花正盛開(kāi)。

pe.o.ny

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 pe.o.nies
Any of various garden plants of the genusPaeonia, having large, variously colored flowers with numerous stamens and several pistils.
牡丹：屬于芍藥屬 的植物，花朵大而色彩多樣且有大量雄蕊和少量雌蕊

來(lái)源：
Middle English pione
中古英語(yǔ) pione
from Old English pôonie
源自 古英語(yǔ) pôonie
Anglo-Norman peonie
英法語(yǔ) peonie
both from Medieval Latin peônia
都源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) peônia
from Latin paeônia
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) paeônia
from Greek paiônia
源自 希臘語(yǔ) paiônia
perhaps from Paiôn [Apollo, physician of the gods]
可能源自 Paiôn [阿波羅，眾神的醫(yī)者]