Meanings
plural snailflowers
- Any member of the species Cochliasanthus caracalla of leguminous vines of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
Synonyms: corkscrew flower, corkscrew vine, snail vine, snail creeper, snail bean
- Any member of species Sigmoidotropis speciosa
Synonyms: snail vine, snail creeper, snail bean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny member of the species Cochliasanthus caracalla of leguminous vines of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
nounAny member of species Sigmoidotropis speciosa
More synonyms by meaning
nounperennial 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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