bird of paradise

Questions about bird of paradise

What does bird of paradise mean?

bird of paradise means "a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bird of paradise?

Close synonyms include poinciana, Caesalpinia gilliesii, Poinciana gilliesii, Strelitzia reginae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bird of paradise a common word?

bird of paradise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.