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pavonia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈvəʊ.ni.ə/
  • General-American: /pəˈvoʊ.ni.ə/
  • rhymes with -əʊniə

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the genus Pavonia of swampmallows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: shrub, bush

History

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ia, named after Spanish physician and botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, with Spanish Pavón ultimately from Latin pāvō.