noun Date: circa 1884 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 very irregular blue petals
BIRD-OF-PARADISE
Meaning of BIRD-OF-PARADISE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012