English noun: snail bean | |||
1. | snail bean (plant) 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 | corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail flower, snail-flower, snailflower, Vigna caracalla | ||
Broader (hypernym) | legume, leguminous plant | ||
Member meronym | genus Vigna, Vigna | ||