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English noun: snail flower

1. snail flower (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


Synonymscorkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail bean, snail-flower, snailflower, Vigna caracalla


Broader (hypernym)legume, leguminous plant


Member meronymgenus Vigna, Vigna









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