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noun(par-a-dise)eden
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noun(par-a-dise)an intermediate place or state where the souls of the righteous await resurrection and the final judgment
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noun(par-a-dise)heaven
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geographical name(par-a-dise)town in northern California north of Sacramento population 26,218
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geographical name(par-a-dise)unincorporated population center just south of Las Vegas in southern Nevada population 223,167
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noun(par-a-dise)an ornamental plant (Strelitzia reginae of the family Strelitziaceae) native to southern Africa that has scapes terminating in a horizontal bract from which emerges an upright flower having three orange or yellow sepals and three irregular blue petals
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noun phrase(par-a-dise)any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed oscine birds (family Paradisaeidae) chiefly of New Guinea and neighboring islands
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noun(par-a-dise)a state of delusory happiness
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noun phrase(par-a-dise)the pungent seeds of a West African plant (Aframomum melegueta) of the ginger family that are used as a spice
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idiom(par-a-dise)in a state of complete happiness : very happy