bird of paradise noun2 •Any of various passerine birds of the family Paradisaeidae native to Oceania. In many of the species the breeding plumage of the males is brightly coloured.She had a jonquil silk pelisse, a bonnet of the same colour, with a bird of paradise plume, looking very much like an illuminated butterfly. — 1838 •A showy tropical flower of the genus Strelitzia, native to South Africa. formsbirds of paradise · birds-of-paradise
