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Agelaeus phoeniceus Blackbird Black"bird (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.)
In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing
bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given
to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow
blackbird; the Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus, or red-winged
blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See
Redwing.
Phoenician Phoenician Ph[oe]*ni"cian, a.
Of or pertaining to Ph[oe]nica. -- n. A native or inhabitant
of Ph[oe]nica.
Phoenicious Phoenicious Ph[oe]*ni"cious, a.
See Phenicious.
phoenicocroite Melanochroite Mel`a*no*chro"ite, n. [See Melanochroic.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is
a chromate of lead; -- called also ph[oe]nicocroite.
Phoenicopterus Phoenicopterus Ph[oe]`ni*cop"te*rus, n. [NL. See
Phenicopter.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.
phoenix Phenix Phe"nix, n.; pl. Phenixes. [L. phoenix, Gr. foi^nix.]
[Written also ph[oe]nix.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed
by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes.
Hence, an emblem of immortality.
2. (Astron.) A southern constellation.
3. A marvelous person or thing. [R.] --Latimer.
Phoenix Phoenix Ph[oe]"nix, n. [L., a fabulous bird. See Phenix.]
1. Same as Phenix. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) A genus of palms including the date tree.
Phoenix dactylifera Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the
same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.)
The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,
containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome,
and inclosing a hard kernel.
Date palm, or Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which
bear dates, of which common species is Ph[oe]nix
dactylifera. See Illust.
Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of
Diospyros, including the American and Japanese
persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus).
Date shell, or Date fish (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve shell, or
its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera.
See Pholas.
Phoenix sylvestrix Palm Palm, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf
resembling a hand. See lst Palm, and cf. Pam.]
1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palm[ae] or
Palmace[ae]; a palm tree.
Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic
size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched,
and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent
bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a
terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing,
often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great
size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft.
There are about one thousand species known, nearly all
of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions.
The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many
species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic
economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the
cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm,
the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm
and palmetto.
2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a
symbol of victory or rejoicing.
A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme
in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9.
3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or
triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. ``The palm of
martyrdom.' --Chaucer.
So get the start of the majestic world And bear the
palm alone. --Shak.
Molucca palm (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia (Molucella
l[ae]vis), having a curious cup-shaped calyx.
Palm cabbage, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as
food.
Palm cat (Zo["o]l.), the common paradoxure.
Palm crab (Zo["o]l.), the purse crab.
Palm oil, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of
several species of palms, as the African oil palm
(El[ae]is Guineensis), and used in the manufacture of
soap and candles. See El[ae]is.
Palm swift (Zo["o]l.), a small swift (Cypselus
Batassiensis) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut
palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf
of the palmyra palm.
Palm toddy. Same as Palm wine.
Palm weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of mumerous species of very
large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus. The larv[ae]
bore into palm trees, and are called palm borers, and
grugru worms. They are considered excellent food.
Palm wine, the sap of several species of palms, especially,
in India, of the wild date palm (Ph[oe]nix sylvestrix),
the palmyra, and the Caryota urens. When fermented it
yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery.
Called also palm toddy.
Palm worm, or Palmworm. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The larva of a palm weevil.
(b) A centipede.
Ruticilla phoenicurus Redstart Red"start` (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla
ph[oe]nicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called
also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The
black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to
several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera,
native of India.
(b) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla).
The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on
the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with
yellow patches.
