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/bərd əv pˈɛrədˌaɪs/ Listen

Bird of paradise

noun

A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana. Synonyms: Caesalpinia gilliesii, poinciana, Poinciana gilliesii.

Ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird. Synonym: Strelitzia reginae.

Any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area.

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Words linked to "Bird of paradise" : oscine, genus Strelitzia, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia, Strelitzia, Ptloris paradisea, flowering shrub, oscine bird, riflebird, Poinciana gilliesii, family Paradisaeidae, Strelitzia reginae, herb, herbaceous plant, Paradisaeidae