corkscrew flower

corkscrew flower
snailflower.
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  • corkscrew flower — 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 • Syn: ↑snailflower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail… …   Useful english dictionary

  • corkscrew flower — noun A plant of the species Vigna caracalla, often used as an ornamental Syn: corkscrew vine, snailflower …   Wiktionary

  • snail flower — 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 • Syn: ↑snailflower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail bean, ↑corkscrew …   Useful english dictionary

  • snail-flower — 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 • Syn: ↑snailflower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail bean, ↑corkscrew …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 • Syn: ↑snail flower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail bean,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Vigna — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Vigna • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • leguminous plant — noun an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae • Syn: ↑legume • Derivationally related forms: ↑leguminous (for: ↑legume) • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑h …   Useful english dictionary

  • Phaseolus caracalla — 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 • Syn: ↑snailflower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail… …   Useful english dictionary

  • snail bean — 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 • Syn: ↑snailflower, ↑snail flower, ↑snail flower,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Vigna — noun 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 • Syn: ↑genus Vigna • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

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