STRELITZIA

Meaning of STRELITZIA in English

( n. )

A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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 — noun a genus of plants related to the banana, found at the cape of good hope. they have rigid glaucous …
Webster English vocab
STRELITZIA — [ strə'lɪtsɪə ] ■ noun a southern African plant of a genus including the bird of paradise flower. [Genus Strelitzia …
Concise Oxford 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

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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