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Parrot Beak (sailing)
Parrot's beak may refer to: Plants * ''Clianthus'', a genus of flowering plants of New Zealand * ''Lotus berthelotii'', a perennial plant endemic to the Canary Islands * ''Heliconia psittacorum'', 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 * Parrot's Beak, Cambodia, an area in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia * Kurram District, an area of Pakistan known as the Parrot's Beak to American military planners * Parrot's Beak (Guinea), a region of Guinea traversed by the Mano River * Parrot's Beak, a monolith on Mount Pico de Loro in the Philippines Other uses * any tool in the shape of a parrot's beak, for example a type of pruning shears * ukpe-okhue, a crown of the Benin Empire * ''parrotbeak'', an obsolete east English regional name for the Atlantic puffin * "The Parrot's Beak", an autobiographical essay by South Asian American activist and writer Kartar Dhillon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clianthus
''Clianthus'', commonly known as kaka beak (''kōwhai ngutukākā'' in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. They have striking clusters of red flowers which resemble the beak of the kākā, a New Zealand parrot. The plants are also known as parrot's beak, parrot's bill and lobster claw – all references to the distinctive flowers. There is also a variety with white to creamy coloured flowers called: "Albus", and a variety with rosy pink flowers called: "Roseus". Description and taxonomy Kakabeak grows to around two metres high, with spreading branches producing leaf stalks up to 15 cm long bearing several pairs of small leaflets. They usually flower from spring through to early summer, but can flower twice a year or even year round. Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected specimens of ''Clianthus'' in 1769 and ''C. puniceus'' was described in 1835. William Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotus Berthelotii
''Lotus berthelotii'' is a flowering plant endemic to the Canary Islands of Spain, in the genus '' Lotus'' of the pea family Fabaceae. Among its common names are lotus vine flower, parrot (or parrot's) beak, pelican beak, and coral gem. This plant is widely cultivated but is either extinct in the wild or persists as a few individuals. In 1884 it was already classed as "exceedingly rare" and plant collection probably hastened its decline. Description ''Lotus berthelotii'' is an evergreen prostrate shrub or subshrub, growing to with a creeping or trailing habit. The leaves are divided into 3-5 slender leaflets, each leaflet 1–2 cm long and 1 mm broad, densely covered with fine silvery hairs. The flowers are orange-red to red, shaped like upward facing beaks on short stalks, but slender, 2–4 cm long and 5–8 mm broad. Pollination The flowers of ''Lotus berthelotii'' and some other Canary Island species appear to be adapted for bird pollination. It was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliconia Psittacorum
''Heliconia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the monotypic family Heliconiaceae. Most of the 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku in Indonesia. Many species of ''Heliconia'' are found in the tropical forests of these regions. Most species are listed as either vulnerable or data deficient by the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Several species are widely cultivated as ornamentals, and a few are naturalized in Florida, Gambia, and Thailand. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, toucan beak, wild plantain, or false bird-of-paradise; the last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers in the ''Strelitzia'' genus. Collectively, these plants are also simply referred to as "heliconias". ''Heliconia'' originated in the Late Eocene (39 Ma) and are the oldest known clade of hummingbird-pollinated plants. Description These herbaceous plants r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterostylis Nutans
''Pterostylis nutans'', commonly known as the nodding greenhood or the parrot's beak orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. Nodding greenhoods have flowers which "nod" or lean forwards strongly, have a deeply notched sinus and a curved, hairy labellum. Description ''Pterostylis nutans'' has a rosette of between three and six egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, each leaf long and wide. The leaves are dark green, have a wavy edge and a distinct petiole. A single translucent white flower with green stripes and brown colouration is borne on a flowering spike high, the flower strongly "nodding" or leaning forwards. The flowers are long, wide. There is a wide gap at each side of the flower between the petals and the lateral sepals. The lateral sepals curve forwards, have a tapering tip, long and there is a deeply notched sinus between them. The labellum protrudes from the flower and is long, wide, curved, blunt, green and brown and covered with short, bristl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Saigon. History In the aftermath of Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845), the region was part of the Gia Định Province of the Empire of Đại Nam, later it became part of French Cochinchina. In July 1867, the French Cochinchina government ceded part of the Trảng Bàng Inspection (including the Parrot's Beak areas) to the Kingdom of Cambodia under a treaty with King Norodom. The Parrot's Beak is returned to Cambodia under the administration of Svay Theab District. During the Vietnam War the Parrot's Beak was a base and rest area for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong and one of the terminus points of the Ho Chi Minh Trail/Sihanouk Trail. The PAVN established Base Areas 367 and 706 in the Parrot's Beak. On 30 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurram District
Kurram District () is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The name Kurram comes from the river ''Kwarma'' () in Pashto, which itself derives from the Sanskrit word ''Krumu'' (). Until 2018, it functioned as an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. However, with the merger of the FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it attained the status of a district. Geographically, it covers the Kurram Valley region which is a valley in the northwestern of Pakistan. Most of the population is Pashtun and the main religion is Islam ( Shia and Sunni) in Kurram. Major tribes living in the Kurram District are Bangash, Turi, Orakzai, Wazir, MamozaiMassozai, Muqbil, Zazai, Mandan(Banusi), Paracha(non Pashtuns), Mangal, Ghilzai, Para Chamkani, Hazara and Khoshi tribe (Persian speaking tribe). Up until the year 2000, when the previous administrative divisions were abolished, the Kurram District was part of the Peshawar Division in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrot's Beak (Guinea)
Parrot's beak may refer to: Plants * ''Clianthus'', a genus of flowering plants of New Zealand * ''Lotus berthelotii'', a perennial plant endemic to the Canary Islands * ''Heliconia psittacorum'', 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 * Parrot's Beak, Cambodia, an area in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia * Kurram District, an area of Pakistan known as the Parrot's Beak to American military planners * Parrot's Beak (Guinea), a region of Guinea traversed by the Mano River * Parrot's Beak, a monolith on Mount Pico de Loro in the Philippines Other uses * any tool in the shape of a parrot's beak, for example a type of pruning shears * ukpe-okhue, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano River
The Mano River is a river in West Africa. It originates in the Guinea Highlands in Liberia and forms part of the Liberia-Sierra Leone border. The districts through which the river flows include the Parrot's Beak area of Guinea, Liberia's Lofa County and the Kono and Kailahun District of Sierra Leone. Diamond mining is a major industry in these areas. Control of the area's wealth and the instability of the national governments of all three countries led to a series of violent conflicts involving these districts in the 1990s (See Sierra Leone Civil War, First Liberian Civil War, Second Liberian Civil War). Liberia and Sierra Leone founded the Mano River Union The Mano River Union (MRU) is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone by the 3 October 1973 Mano River Declaration. It is named for the Mano River which begins in the Guinea highlands and forms a borde ... in 1973. Guinea joined in 1980. It was reactivated in 2004 as a custo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pruning Shears
Pruning shears, also called hand pruners (in American English) or secateurs (in British English), are a type of scissors used for plants. They are strong enough to pruning, prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick. They are used in gardening, arboriculture, plant nursery works, farming, flower arranging, and nature conservation, where fine-scale habitat management is required. They are typically Human power, manually powered, although Electric motor, electric versions are available. Loppers are a larger, two-handed, long-handled version for branches thicker than pruning shears can cut. History Cutting plants as part of gardening dates to antiquity in both European and East Asian topiary, with specialized scissors used for Chinese penjing and its offshoots – Japanese bonsai and Vietnamese Hòn Non-Bộ – for over a thousand years. In modern Europe, scissors only used for gardening work have existed since the early 1800s, when the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 crown was originated, and first worn, by the original queen mother Idia, the first woman granted the privilege to wear ''ileke'' beads. Named after a parrot's beak, it is a pointed hat Pointed hats have been a distinctive item of headgear of a wide range of cultures throughout history. Although often suggesting an ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European tradition, they were also traditionally worn by women of Sápmi, Lapland ..., with its shape somewhat resembling a Phrygian cap with its point curving forward. Gallery Image:Afrikaabteilung in Ethnological Museum Berlin 29.JPG File:Queen Mother Pendant Mask- Iyoba MET DP231460.jpg References {{reflist Crowns (headgear) Benin Court Art African queen mothers Beadwork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Puffin
The Atlantic puffin ('), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family (biology), family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin being found in the northeastern Pacific. The Atlantic puffin breeds in Russia, Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, Britain, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and the Faroe Islands, and as far south as Maine in the west and France in the east. It is most commonly found in the Westman Islands, Iceland. Although it has a large population and a wide range, the species has declined rapidly, at least in parts of its range, resulting in it being rated as Vulnerable species, vulnerable by the IUCN. On land, it has the typical upright stance of an auk. At sea, it swims on the surface and feeds on zooplankton, small fish, and crabs, which it catches by diving underwater, using its wings for propulsion. This puffin has a black crown and bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
