snail flower

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 112598400)
    is a type of: legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
    belongs to: 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
    same as: corkscrew flower, phaseolus caracalla, snail bean, snail-flower, snailflower, vigna caracalla

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