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Pavonia
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pavonia
Translingual
thumb|Pavonia makoyana species Pavonia makoyana
Etymology
From oblique stem of mul-tax la pāvō pāvō, pāvōnis peacock, peafowl mul-tax -ia, named after Spanish physician and botanist José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, with es Pavón ultimately from la pāvō.
Proper noun
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genus family Malvaceae certain tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including swampmallow s
Hypernyms
genus ; Malvoideae subfamily subfamily; Hibisceae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Pavonia paniculata species type species
References
Pavonia (plant) Pavonia (plant)
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