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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 corkscrew flower
      n : 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 bean, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus
           caracalla]