Found 2 items, similar to Phoenix.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Phoenix Phoenix n 1: the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural center thanks to irrigation [syn: capital of Arizona] 2: a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa [syn: genus Phoenix] 3: 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 4: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
English → English (gcide) Definition: Phoenix Phoenix \Ph[oe]"nix\, n. [L., a fabulous bird. See Phenix.] 1. Same as Phenix. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree. [1913 Webster]