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    SNAIL FLOWER

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 Phaseolusplay

    Synonyms:

    corkscrew flower; Phaseolus caracalla; snail-flower; snail bean; snail flower; snailflower; Vigna caracalla

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("snail flower" is a kind of...):

    legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

    Holonyms ("snail flower" is a member of...):

    genus Vigna; Vigna (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)

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