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 Phenix \Phe"nix\, n.; pl. Phenixes. [L. phoenix, Gr. foi^nix.] [Written also ph[oe]nix.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. [1913 Webster] 3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] --Latimer. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]