moutann.
/ˈmuːtan/, /ˈmuːtən/, U.S. /ˈmuˌtæn/, /ˈmutn/, /ˈmud(ə)n/ The tree peony Paeonia suffruticosa, a large shrub bearing white or pink magenta-blotched flowers, which is native to China and Bhutan and from which are derived many cultivated varieties, producing single or double flowers in many colours. Also moutan peony.
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1808 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 29 1154 The Moutan, though cultivated in China about fourteen hundred years, is considered in that ancient empire..as rather of modern introduction.
1840 Florist's Jrnl. June 36 The moutan (moutan is the Chinese name of the plant, and used by us as the specific distinction,) is only a half-shrubby, and half-hardy species.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 258/1 The Moutans or Tree Pæonies are remarkable for their sub-shrubby habit, forming vigorous plants sometimes attaining a height of 6 to 8 feet.
1963 M. Haworth-Booth Moutan i. 11 In Chinese art each month is represented by a flower, and Moutan is specifically the flower for March.
1993 Chem. & Pharmaceut. Bull. 41 630 Two new labile monoterpenes..were isolated from Chinese Moutan Cortex, the dried root of Paeonia suffruticosa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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