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English noun: Phoenix | |||
| 1. | Phoenix (location) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | capital of Arizona | ||
| Instance hypernym | state capital | ||
| Part meronym | Arizona, AZ, Grand Canyon State | ||
| 2. | phoenix (plant) a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa | ||
| Synonyms | genus Phoenix | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | liliopsid genus, monocot genus | ||
| Member meronym | Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae | ||
| 3. | phoenix (person) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mythical being | ||
| 4. | Phoenix (object) a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor | ||
| Instance hypernym | constellation | ||
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