snail-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
bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus
caracalla]
snailflower
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: snail-flower, snail flower, snail
bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna caracalla, Phaseolus
caracalla]