Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Phœnix Tree.

 Phœnix Theatre.Phoo’ka or Pooka. 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Phœnix Tree.
 
The palm. In Greek, phoinix means both phœnix and palm-tree.   1
       
“Now I will believe … that in Arabia
There is one tree, the phœnix’ throne—one phœnix
At this hour reigneth there.”
       
Shakespeare: The Tempest, iii. 3.
 


 Phœnix Theatre.Phoo’ka or Pooka. 

 
Loading
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Shakespeare · Bible · Saints · Anatomy · Harvard Classics · Lit. History · Quotations · Poetry
© 1993–2013 Bartleby.com · [Top 150]