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Meaning of PARROT'S BILL

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand
 
 Synonyms: Clianthus puniceus, parrot's beak
 
 See Also: clianthus, glory pea

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Par"rot's-bill`\, n. [So called from the
resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot's bill.]
(Bot.)
The glory pea. See under {Glory}.
 

 

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