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Definition of Bird of paradise
1. Noun. A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana.
Group relationships: Caesalpinia, Genus Caesalpinia
Generic synonyms: Flowering Shrub
2. Noun. Ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Strelitzia, Strelitzia
3. Noun. Any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area.
Group relationships: Family Paradisaeidae, Paradisaeidae
Specialized synonyms: Ptloris Paradisea, Riflebird
Definition of Bird of paradise
1. Noun. Any of various passerine birds of the family ''Paradisaeidae'' native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured. ¹
2. Noun. A showy tropical flower of the genus ''Strelitzia'', native to Madagascar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Bird of paradise
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bird Of Paradise
Literary usage of Bird of paradise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"March 16, 1863, Anthony Eccles, of Liverpool, chartered of the claimants the
ship, Tbe Bird of Paradise, of which they were owners, to carry a full cargo of ..."
2. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1897)
"Manuk dewata the bird of paradise (in the language of the Molucca islands, being
by the Malays ... The bird of paradise; literally, "the bird of the gods. ..."
3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"A Roumanian, Emile Racovitza, was the Naturalist to the Expedition. 8. Currie on
a new Bird of Paradise. [A new Bird of Paradise. By Rolla P. Currie. Proc. ..."