Noun has 3 senses

• bird of paradise(n = noun.plant) caesalpinia gilliesii, poinciana, poinciana gilliesii - a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana;



• bird of paradise(n = noun.plant) strelitzia reginae - ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird;



• bird of paradise(n = noun.animal) - any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area;