phoenix

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Noun	1.	Phoenix - the state capital and largest city of Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural center thanks to irrigation capital of Arizona state capital - the capital city of a political subdivision of a country Arizona, Grand Canyon State, AZ - a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
	2.	Phoenix - a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa genus Phoenix liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
	3.	Phoenix - 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 mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
	4.	Phoenix - a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earth

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