The peony is a flowering plant.

Peony may also refer to:

  • HMS Peony, the name of two Royal Navy ships
  • USS Peony (1864), a Union Navy steamer acquired near the end of the American Civil War
  • Peony (novel), by Pearl S. Buck
  • Peony, one of nine chimpanzees used in a language experiment detailed in the book, The Mind of an Ape
  • Peony Star (a name for WR 102ka from the Peony Nebula in which it is embedded), one of several candidates for the most luminous known star in the Milky Way
    • Peony Nebula, whose name comes from its appearance
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