| peony | Origin: OE. Pione, pioine, pioni, OF. Pione, F. Pivoine, L. Paeonia, Gr, fr, the god of healing. Cf. Paean. <botany> A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation. Alternative forms: paeony, and piony. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| peorias | <ethnology> An Algonquin tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Illinois. (01 Mar 1998) |
| peotillomania | <psychiatry> Rarely used term for a nervous tic consisting of a constant pulling of the penis. Synonym: false masturbation, pseudomasturbation. Origin: G. Peos, penis, + tillo, to pull out (of hair), + mania, frenzy (05 Mar 2000) |