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Plants

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Clianthus ''Clianthus'', commonly known as kakabeak (''kōwhai ngutukākā'' in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs native to New Zealand. They have striking clusters of red flowers whi ...
'', a genus of flowering plants of New Zealand * ''
Lotus berthelotii Lotus may refer to: Plants *Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: ** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae **Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also ...
'', a perennial plant endemic to the Canary Islands * ''
Heliconia psittacorum ''Heliconia psittacorum'' (parrot's beak, parakeet flower, parrot's flower, parrot's plantain, false bird-of-paradise) is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Vene ...
'', a perennial herb of the Caribbean and South America * '' Pterostylis nutans'', also known as ''parrot's beak orchid'', an orchid of Australia and New Zealand


Places

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Parrot's Beak, Cambodia Parrot's Beak (''vùng mỏ két'', ''vùng mỏ vẹt'') was the name given to a salient of Svay Rieng Province, southeast Cambodia that protrudes into Hậu Nghĩa and Kien Tuong Provinces, Vietnam, approximately 65 km north-west of Sai ...
, an area in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia * Parrot's Beak (Guinea), a region of Guinea traversed by the Mano River * Parrot's Beak, a monolith on
Mount Pico de Loro Mount Pico de Loro, also known as ''Mount Palay-Palay'', is a dormant volcano, dormant volcano located on the border of Cavite and Batangas, in the island of Luzon, Philippines. It is the highest mountain in the province of Cavite, with an elevat ...
in the Philippines


Other uses

* any tool in the shape of a parrot's beak, for example a type of pruning shears *
ukpe-okhue The ukpe-okhue (Edo for "parrot's beak") is a crown traditionally worn by the ''Iyoba'' (queen mother) of the Oba of Benin. It is formed of a snood-like net of precious coral beadwork, using ''ileke'' ("royal") cylindrical beads. This type of cro ...
, a crown of the Benin Empire * ''parrotbeak'', an obsolete east English regional name for the
Atlantic puffin The Atlantic puffin ('), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin is found in the northeastern ...
* "The Parrot's Beak", an autobiographical essay by South Asian American activist and writer
Kartar Dhillon Kartar Dhillon ( pa, ਕਰਤਾਰ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ) was a South Asian American political activist and writer from California. Dhillon grew up in the Ghadar Party, working to end British colonialism in India. As an activist, she supported uni ...


See also

* Parrotbill (disambiguation) {{Disambig, plant, geo