Snail flower Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
Phaseolus caracalla; snailflower; snail bean; snail-flower; corkscrew flower; Vigna caracalla.
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(Bot.) , a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla ) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell.
