snailflower

[sneyl-flou-er]

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noun

a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.

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Also called corkscrew flower.

Origin:
1680–90; snail + flower

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snailflower
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

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