Snailflower - Definition
snailflower
n 1: 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 bean, corkscrew flower, Vigna
caracalla, Phaseolus caracalla]