phoe·nix /ˈfinɪks/
1. the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
synset: Phoenix, capital_of_Arizona
2. a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
synset: phoenix, 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
synset: phoenix
4. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
synset: Phoenix
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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