bird of paradise

Noun

• any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area

• ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird

• a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Strelitzia reginae , poinciana , Caesalpinia gilliesii , Poinciana gilliesii