Appears in: Joyce’s Ulysses
Frequency: 1
Definition:
(noun) 1) (Bot.) A genus of palms including date trees; spelled PHENIX // 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