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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.
A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana.
Synonyms
Examples for "poinciana"
Examples for "poinciana"
1
Back in town and across the road from the river, the Hotel Brunswick draws visitors into its poinciana-shaded beer garden.
2
Returning to his room in Vedado, Gilly noticed that the royal poinciana trees in his street had burst into bloom.
3
Here royal poinciana flared gorgeously beside the orange-colored blossoms of wild cassava, and hordes of birds flamed by on brilliant wings.
4
I remember lying under our big poinciana tree and trying to come up with theories about why I was so pale and freckled.
5
They were standing in one corner of the veranda of the Royal Poinciana.
Usage of bird of paradise in English
1
The Spirit- Bird or the Wakon Bird is the Indian bird of paradise.
2
The first I will mention was called the superb bird of paradise.
3
Another of our pets was called the six-shafted or golden bird of paradise.
4
What about the bird of paradise itself, the rightful owner of the plumes?
5
The wallpaper had a motif of a bird of paradise in a cage.
6
She was like a bird of paradise in this sedate school.
7
So my little bird of paradise can fire up, I see!
8
The red one, you know, with the bird of paradise.
9
The bird of paradise June brought, and placed as ordered.
10
A swallow, I think, and sometimes a bird of paradise.
11
Tipsy from that potent juice, our bird of paradise had been reduced to helplessness.
12
She's the bird of prey to Rakan's bird of paradise.
13
Eunez was in evidence-asshe always was when Tunis came by-a bird of paradise indeed.
14
You are the bird of paradise that everyone admires.'
15
She stood before him, a glorious bird of paradise.
16
But see, here comes our bird of paradise herself.