/par"euhts bil'/ , n.
a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers. Also called parrot-beak /par"euht beek'/ , red kowhai .
[ 1865-70; presumably trans. of the Maori name of the plant, kowhai nutukaka lit., kaka-billed kowhai ]