snailflower

Definitions of snailflower
  1. noun
    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, Vigna caracalla, corkscrew flower, snail bean, snail flower, snail-flower
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    type of:
    legume, leguminous plant
    an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
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