About The Word Phoenix
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Phoenix
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What's The Definition Of Phoenix?
[n] the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural center thanks to irrigation
[n] a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor [n] a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years [n] a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa Synonyms | Synonyms for Phoenix: capital of Arizona | genus Phoenix Related Terms | Find terms related to Phoenix: See Also | Arecaceae | Arizona | AZ | constellation | family Arecaceae | family Palmaceae | family Palmae | Grand Canyon State | liliopsid genus | monocot genus | mythical being | palm family | Palmaceae | Palmae | state capital Phoenix In Webster's Dictionary \Ph[oe]"nix\, n. [L., a fabulous bird. See {Phenix}.]
1. Same as {Phenix}. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
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