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