snailflower

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snailflower - 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 corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail bean, snail flower, snail-flower, Vigna caracalla legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae genus Vigna, Vigna - genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus