phoenix Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
    capital of Arizona.
  2. noun a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
    genus Phoenix.
  3. noun 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
  4. noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

WordNet

Phoe"nix noun
Etymology
L., a fabulous bird. See Phenix.
Definitions
  1. Same as Phenix. Shak.
  2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree.

Webster 1913