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Vigna caracalla

DEFINITIONS OF: Vigna caracalla

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n perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

Synonyms:
Phaseolus caracalla, corkscrew flower, snail bean, snail flower, snail-flower, snailflower
Type of:
legume, leguminous plant
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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