corkscrew flower

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corkscrew flower - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  corkscrew flower
      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]