bird of paradise

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noun

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