| 单词 | parrot's bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparrot's bill 3. The kaka-beak, Clianthus puniceus (family Papilionaceae), a New Zealand shrub with bright red beak-like flowers. Usually in form parrot's bill. Cf. parrotbeak n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian banksia1787 waratah1793 honeysuckle1803 pinkwood1824 honeysuckle tree1825 rose1825 blue bush1828 dogwood1828 parrotbill1829 tulip-tree1830 whitebeard1832 swamp-oak1833 bauera1835 mungitec1837 bottlebrush1839 clianthus1841 glory-pea1848 boronia1852 koromiko1855 pituri1861 Sturt's pea1865 scrub vine1866 pea-bush1867 cotton-bush1876 Australian honeysuckle1881 peach myrtle1882 saloop bush1884 naupaka1888 dog rose1896 native tulip1898 snow bush1909 wedding-bush1923 Hebe1961 mountain pepper1965 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 1244 In New Zealand it is called kowain-gutukaka, or the parrot's bill. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 298 C. puniceus, called Parrot's-Bill..from the resemblance of the keeled petal to the bill of that bird. 1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants 160 Then there is the parrotbill (Clianthus puniceus), which is related to Sturt's desert-pea of central Australia. 1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. xiv. 132 Clianthus Puniceus Parrot's Bill, an evergreen climber with bright red, pea-like flowers, may be grown either in the ground or in large pots, in rich soil over good drainage. 1997 D. J. Mabberley Plant-bk. (ed. 2) 164 C. puniceus..(parrot's bill) long cult. by Maoris. < as lemmas |
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