feniks

1. feniks

a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa [velik rod palm z enosolčnatimi listi in pernatim listjem, ki se nahaja v Aziji in Afriki]

2. feniks

a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years [legendarna arabska ptica, ki se je po mitih redno sežigala do smrti ter iz pepela znova obudila kot nov feniks; po večini različic je živel le en feniks naenkrat in se je obnavljal vsakih 500 let.]



Vir: Open Slovene WordNet 1.0 - Institut Jožef Stefan

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