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Detailed Synonyms for snail bean in English
snail bean:
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the snail bean
– 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 1the corkscrew flower; the snail bean; the snail flower; the snail-flower; the snailflower; the Phaseolus caracalla; the Vigna caracalla– 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 1