| paradise | To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. "To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise." (Luke xxiii. 43) "It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise." (Longfellow) 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. "The earth Shall be all paradise." (Milton) "Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision." (Beaconsfield) 4. An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. Fool's paradise. See Fool, and Limbo. Grains of paradise. <botany> See Whidah. Origin: OE. & F. Paradis, L. Paradisus, fr. Gr. Paradeisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaeza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. Dih to smear, and E. Dough. Cf. Parvis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bird of paradise | <ornithology> The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting new Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colours, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. The Great emerald (Paradisea apoda) and the Lesser emerald (P. Minor) furnish many of the plumes used as ornaments by ladies; the Red is P. Rubra or sanguinea; the Golden is Parotia aurea or sexsetacea; the King is Cincinnurus regius. The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group (Epimachinae) from the same region. The Twelve-wired (Seleucides alba) is one of these. See Paradise bird, and Note under Apod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| paradise | any place of complete bliss and delight and peace |
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| paradise | a heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who are favored by the gods can go when they die |
| paradise | tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers |
| paradise | medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits |
| paradise | a variety of spiderwort |
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