phoe·nix /ˈfinɪks/
鳳凰
Phœ·nix n.
1. Same as Phenix.
2. Bot. [Capitalized] A genus of palms including the date tree.
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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