paradise

noun
par*a*dise \ ˈper-ə-ˌdīs \ -ˌdīz \ ˈpa-rə- \
before 12th century{ds||1|a|}
  • eden
  • an intermediate place or state where the souls of the righteous await resurrection and the final judgment
  • heaven

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geographical name
Par*a*dise \ ˈper-ə-ˌdīs \ -ˌdīz \ ˈpa-rə- \
  • town in northern California north of Sacramento population 26,218
  • unincorporated population center just south of Las Vegas in southern Nevada population 223,167

bird-of-paradise

noun
bird-of-par*a*dise \ ˈbərd-əv-ˈper-ə-ˌdīs \ -ˌdīz \ - ˈpa-rə- \
1874
  • an ornamental plant (Strelitzia reginae of the family Strelitziaceae) native to southern Africa that has scapes terminating in a horizontal bract from which emerges an upright flower having three orange or yellow sepals and three irregular blue petals

bird of paradise

noun phrase
bird of paradise \
1569
  • any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed oscine birds (family Paradisaeidae) chiefly of New Guinea and neighboring islands

fool's paradise

noun
fool's paradise \
15th century
  • a state of delusory happiness

grains of paradise

noun phrase
grains of paradise \
15th century
  • the pungent seeds of a West African plant (Aframomum melegueta) of the ginger family that are used as a spice

in paradise

idiom
in paradise \
  • in a state of complete happiness : very happy
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