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Sushi4ever Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary
Phoenix
definition #1 : A marvelous person or thing
definition #2 : A genus of palms including the date tree
Knowing these, how would you put the word "phoenix" into a sentence that describes each of the meanings? Thanks for your help!
definition #2 : A genus of palms including the date tree
Knowing these, how would you put the word "phoenix" into a sentence that describes each of the meanings? Thanks for your help!
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Sorry, Sushi, my dictionary offers neither definition (granted it does not offer a lot of Latin genera). A phoenix was a fabulous bird that burst into flame and was reincarnated from its own ashes; as a metaphor, we use it properly for someone or something that falls from success to failure and then recovers success. You could try burning a date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ) and then seeing if it sprouts again.
- Sorry, Sushi, my dictionary offers neither definition (granted it does not offer a lot of Latin genera).
- A phoenix was a fabulous bird that burst into flame and was reincarnated from its own ashes; as a metaphor, we use it properly for someone or something that falls from success to failure and then recovers success.
- You could try burning a date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ) and then seeing if it sprouts again.
- -- something about its life cycle in the desert perhaps: remaining dormant and then suddenly producing dates, perhaps.
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Sorry, Sushi, my dictionary offers neither definition (granted it does not offer a lot of Latin genera). A phoenix was a fabulous bird that burst into flame and was reincarnated from its own ashes; as a metaphor, we use it properly for someone or something that falls from success to failure and then recovers success.
You could try burning a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and the
You could try burning a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and the
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Hello Sushi, hello MisterM
Phoenix is the name Theophrastus used for this genus in his Enquiry into Plants (he also uses it for Chamaerops humilis, the dwarf fan palm). He doesn't offer an explanation of the name, as far as I can see; it seems simply to be the Greek word for the plant. Perhaps it relates to Phoenicia. He mentions a very old Phoenix on Delos, under w
Phoenix is the name Theophrastus used for this genus in his Enquiry into Plants (he also uses it for Chamaerops humilis, the dwarf fan palm). He doesn't offer an explanation of the name, as far as I can see; it seems simply to be the Greek word for the plant. Perhaps it relates to Phoenicia. He mentions a very old Phoenix on Delos, under w
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Thanks for the footwork, MrPedantic. Yes, unique-- I forgot that part.
I think I'll move this to the Vocabulary thread.
I think I'll move this to the Vocabulary thread.
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