- corkscrew flower
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snailflower.[1710-20]
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corkscrew flower
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corkscrew flower — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
corkscrew flower — noun A plant of the species Vigna caracalla, often used as an ornamental Syn: corkscrew vine, snailflower … Wiktionary
snail flower — noun 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 … Useful english dictionary
snail-flower — noun 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 … Useful english dictionary
snailflower — noun 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,… … Useful english dictionary
genus Vigna — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Vigna • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms:… … Useful english dictionary
leguminous plant — noun an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae • Syn: ↑legume • Derivationally related forms: ↑leguminous (for: ↑legume) • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑h … Useful english dictionary
Phaseolus caracalla — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
snail bean — noun 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,… … Useful english dictionary
Vigna — noun 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 • Syn: ↑genus Vigna • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms:… … Useful english dictionary
