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Definition of bird of paradise

any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

Hyponyms: riflebird, Ptloris paradisea

Member Meronyms: Paradisaeidae, family Paradisaeidae, Strelitzia, genus Strelitzia, Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia

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