| slovo | definícia |
paeon
(gcide) | paeon \p[ae]"on\ (p[=e]"[o^]n), n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a
solemn song, also, a p[ae]on, equiv. to paia`n. See
P[ae]an.] (Anc. Poet.)
A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting
of four combinations, according to the place of the long
syllable. [Written also, less correctly, p[ae]an.]
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
paeon
(gcide) | paeon \p[ae]"on\ (p[=e]"[o^]n), n. [L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a
solemn song, also, a p[ae]on, equiv. to paia`n. See
P[ae]an.] (Anc. Poet.)
A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting
of four combinations, according to the place of the long
syllable. [Written also, less correctly, p[ae]an.]
[1913 Webster] |
Paeonia Mountan
(gcide) | Moutan \Mou"tan\, n. (Bot.)
The Chinese tree peony (Paeonia Mountan), a shrub with
large flowers of various colors.
[1913 Webster] |
Paeoniaceae
(gcide) | Paeoniaceae \Paeoniaceae\ prop. n.
A natural family of perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs,
native to temperate Europe and North America.
Syn: family Paeoniaceae, peony family.
[WordNet 1.5] |
paeonin
(gcide) | Corallin \Cor"al*lin\, n. [So named in allusion to the color of
red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.)
A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of
rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under
Rosolic.
[1913 Webster]
Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating
aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also
p[ae]onin.
Yellow corallin. See Aurin.
[1913 Webster] |
paeonine
(gcide) | paeonine \p[ae]"o*nine\ (p[=e]"[-o]*n[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also {red
coralline}.
[1913 Webster] paeony |
Paeony
(gcide) | paeony \pae"o*ny\, Paeony \P[ae]"o*ny\(p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n.
(Bot.)
Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy
single or double red or pink or white flowers; the Peony.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]Peony \Pe"o*ny\ (p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Peonies
(p[=e]"[-o]*n[i^]z). [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F.
pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. paiwni`a, fr. Pai`wn, Paia`n, the
god of healing. Cf. P[ae]an.] (Bot.)
A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus
P[ae]onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the
rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in
cultivation. [Written also p[ae]ony, and piony.]
[1913 Webster] |
paeony
(gcide) | paeony \pae"o*ny\, Paeony \P[ae]"o*ny\(p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n.
(Bot.)
Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy
single or double red or pink or white flowers; the Peony.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]Peony \Pe"o*ny\ (p[=e]"[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Peonies
(p[=e]"[-o]*n[i^]z). [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F.
pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. paiwni`a, fr. Pai`wn, Paia`n, the
god of healing. Cf. P[ae]an.] (Bot.)
A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus
P[ae]onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the
rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in
cultivation. [Written also p[ae]ony, and piony.]
[1913 Webster] |
|