| NOUN | plant | corkscrew flower, snailflower, snail-flower, snail flower, snail bean, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla | perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | snailflower, snail-flower, snail flower, snail bean, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla | |
| Member of | Vigna, genus Vigna | genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers |
| Broader | legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
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