BIRD OF PARADISE
Dictionary entry overview: What does bird of paradise mean?
• BIRD OF PARADISE (noun)
The noun BIRD OF PARADISE has 3 senses:
1. a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
2. ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
3. any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
Familiarity information: BIRD OF PARADISE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BIRD OF PARADISE (noun)
Meaning:
A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bird of paradise; Caesalpinia gilliesii; Poinciana gilliesii; poinciana
Hypernyms ("bird of paradise" is a kind of...):
flowering shrub (shrub noted primarily for its flowers)
Holonyms ("bird of paradise" is a member of...):
Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)
Meaning:
Ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Strelitzia reginae; bird of paradise
Hypernyms ("bird of paradise" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("bird of paradise" is a member of...):
genus Strelitzia; Strelitzia (small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae)
Meaning:
Any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bird of paradise" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird of paradise"):
Ptloris paradisea; riflebird (velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail)
Holonyms ("bird of paradise" is a member of...):
family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae (birds of paradise)
