English dictionary
Phoenix
/'f/i/n/I/ks/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
Synonyms capital of arizonaSource: WordNet 3.0
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a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
Synonyms genus phoenixSource: WordNet 3.0
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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
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
Source: WordNet 3.0