phoenix, n.
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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
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phoenix
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a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
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genus Phoenix phoenix
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