phoenix

Noun

• a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

• 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

• a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Phoenix , genus Phoenix , capital of Arizona