STRELITZIA

Meaning of STRELITZIA in English

[ strə'lɪtsɪə ]

■ noun a southern African plant of a genus including the bird of paradise flower. [Genus Strelitzia .]

Origin

mod. L, named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg- Strelitz (1744–1818), queen of George III.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

STRELITZIA — strə̇ˈlitsēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Charlotte Sophia died 1818 Princess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz and wife of George …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRELITZIA — (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous …
Английский словарь Webster
STRELITZIA — ( n. ) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRELITZIA — noun a genus of plants related to the banana, found at the cape of good hope. they have rigid glaucous …
Webster English vocab
STRELITZIA — strelitzia BrE AmE stre ˈlɪts i‿ə strə- ▷ strelitzia|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIRD-OF-PARADISE — noun Date: circa 1884 an ornamental plant ( Strelitzia reginae of the family Strelitziaceae) native to southern Africa that has …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIRD-OF-PARADISE — I Any of about 40 species (family Paradisaeidae) of small to medium-size forest birds that are rivaled by only a …
Английский словарь Британика
BIRD-OF-PARADISE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun or bird-of-paradise flower Etymology: bird of paradise 1. : an ornamental bananalike plant ( Strelitzia reginae ) having …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD-OF-PARADISE — /berrd"euhv par"euh duys', -duyz'/ , n. , pl. birds-of-paradise . 1. Also called bird-of-paradise flower . any of several plants …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRD-OF-PARADISE — Date: circa 1884 : an ornamental plant ( Strelitzia reginae of the family Strelitziaceae) native to southern Africa that has …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIRD OF PARADISE — ■ noun 1》 ( plural birds of paradise ) a tropical Australasian bird, the male of which is noted for …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BIRD-OF-PARADISE — [bird-of-paradise] n (ca. 1884): an ornamental plant (Strelitzia reginae of the family Strelitziaceae) having scapes of orange or yellow and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD-OF-PARADISE FLOWER — also called crane flower (Strelitzia reginae) ornamental plant of the family Strelitziaceae. There are five species of the genus Strelitzia, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZINGIBERALES — order of flowering plants belonging to the class called monocotyledon (characterized generally by the presence of a single seed leaf). …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRELITZIACEAE — family of flowering plants in the ginger order (Zingiberales) that range in size from perennial herbs to trees. The family …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD-OF-PARADISE — or crane flower Ornamental plant ( Strelitzia reginae ) of the family Strelitziaceae. All five species of the genus Strelitzia …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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