snailflower

Noun (1)

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 PhaseolusSynonyms: snail-flowersnail flowersnail beancorkscrew flowerVigna caracallaPhaseolus caracallaType of legume, leguminous plantMember of Vigna, genus Vigna