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Noun: snailflower  'sneyl,flaw(-u)r
  1. Perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers with a coiled keel
    "The snailflower's unique bloom resembles a snail shell";
    - snail-flower, snail flower, snail bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla

Derived forms: snail flowers, snail-flowers

Type of: legume, leguminous plant

Part of: genus Vigna, Vigna

Encyclopedia: Snailflower