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snailflower
snail-flower
snail flower
snail bean
corkscrew flower
Vigna caracalla
Phaseolus caracalla
Definition: 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
Definition: Cochliasanthus caracalla, a leguminous vine of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.