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parrot's-bill

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par⋅rot's-bill

  [par-uhts-bil]
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–noun
a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
Also called par⋅rot-beak  [par-uht-beek] , red kowhai.

Origin:
1865–70; presumably trans. of the Maori name of the plant, kōwhai ŋutukākā lit., kaka-billed kowhai
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