Phoenix

n 1: the state capital and largest city of Arizona [syn: {Phoenix},

{capital of Arizona}]

2: a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found

in Asia and Africa [syn: {Phoenix}, {genus Phoenix}]

3: 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 [syn: {Phoenix}]