Snail-flower

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]