Piʹony or Peony.
A flower; so called from the chieftain Paion, who discovered it. (Saxon Leechdoms, i.)
A flower; so called from the chieftain Paion, who discovered it. (Saxon Leechdoms, i.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.