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Meanings of bird of paradise in English

Portuguese
strelitzia reginae

Ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird.

        strelitzia reginae

        A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana.

              Usage of bird of paradise in English
              1
              The Spirit- Bird or the Wakon Bird is the Indian bird of paradise.
              Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3
              2
              The first I will mention was called the superb bird of paradise.
              In the Eastern Seas
              3
              Another of our pets was called the six-shafted or golden bird of paradise.
              In the Eastern Seas
              4
              What about the bird of paradise itself, the rightful owner of the plumes?
              The Red Queen
              5
              The wallpaper had a motif of a bird of paradise in a cage.
              Black Deutschland
              6
              She was like a bird of paradise in this sedate school.
              The new yorker
              7
              So my little bird of paradise can fire up, I see!
              The Midnight Queen
              8
              The red one, you know, with the bird of paradise.
              Crowded Out! and Other Sketches
              9
              The bird of paradise June brought, and placed as ordered.
              Melbourne House, Volume 2
              10
              A swallow, I think, and sometimes a bird of paradise.
              The Beautiful and Damned
              11
              Tipsy from that potent juice, our bird of paradise had been reduced to helplessness.
              Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
              12
              She's the bird of prey to Rakan's bird of paradise.
              Wired
              13
              Eunez was in evidence-asshe always was when Tunis came by-a bird of paradise indeed.
              Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
              14
              You are the bird of paradise that everyone admires.'
              The Irish Times
              15
              She stood before him, a glorious bird of paradise.
              The Voice on the Wire
              16
              But see, here comes our bird of paradise herself.
              Three Margarets
              Translations for bird of paradise