Definition of phoenix

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  • phoenix is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 19
  • phoenix is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 19
  • phoenix is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of phoenix

  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. capital of arizona
  • a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. genus phoenix
  • a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor (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 (noun)

See definition of phoenix in Merriam Webster