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Definition of Genus pavonia
1. Noun. Genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Pavonia
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Pavonia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pavonia
Literary usage of Genus pavonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... species (T. Lactuca) in his genus Pavonia ; another he named ... system to
this genus. Pavonia. ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"157) the genus Pavonia, tot pyri, spini ana pavonia, restricting Saturnia to
maja, Drury (—proserpina, Fab.), a species not even mentioned in ..."
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