bird-of-paradise

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: an ornamental plant (Strelitzia reginae of the family Strelitziaceae) native to southern Africa that has scapes terminating in a horizontal bract from which emerges an upright flower having three orange or yellow sepals and three irregular blue petals

bird of paradise

noun phrase

Definition of bird of paradise (Entry 2 of 2)

: any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed oscine birds (family Paradisaeidae) chiefly of New Guinea and neighboring islands

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bird of paradise

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English Language Learners Definition of bird of paradise

: any one of many brightly colored birds that live in New Guinea and on nearby islands

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