bird of paradise
1.
(
noun
) any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
Related Words:
Ptloris paradisea
,
oscine
,
oscine bird
,
riflebird
2.
(
noun
) ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
Synonyms:
Strelitzia reginae
Related Words:
herb
,
herbaceous plant
3.
(
noun
) a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
Synonyms:
Caesalpinia gilliesii
,
Poinciana gilliesii
,
poinciana
Related Words:
flowering shrub
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