meaning of rhea
1. The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
2. Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.
3. larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
Related Words
rhea | rhea americana | rhea silvia | rheae |