Translingual

Proper noun

Paeonia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Paeoniaceae – the peonies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Paeoniaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Paeonia sect. Onaepia, Paeonia sect. Moutan, Paeonia sect. Paeonia - sections
  • Paeonia officinalis - type species

Latin

Noun

paeōnia f ‎(genitive paeōniae); first declension

1. peony

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: pivoine
• Italian: peonia
• Translingual: Paeonia

References

• paeonia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paeonia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• paeonia in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• paeonia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• paeonia in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly