| genus pavonia | (n) genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America |
| pavonia | (n) any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers |
| emperor | (n) large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings, Syn. Saturnia pavonia, emperor moth |
| Pavonian | a. Of or pertaining to a peacock. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] |