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phoenix
noun(phoe-nix)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
Synonyms: capital of arizona,
phoenix
noun(phoe-nix)a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
Synonyms: genus phoenix,
phoenix
noun(phoe-nix)a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor
phoenix
noun(phoe-nix)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