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CORKSCREW FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corkscrew flower mean?
• CORKSCREW FLOWER (noun)
The noun CORKSCREW FLOWER has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: CORKSCREW FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
corkscrew flower; Phaseolus caracalla; snail-flower; snail bean; snail flower; snailflower; Vigna caracalla
Hypernyms ("corkscrew flower" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Holonyms ("corkscrew flower" is a member of...):
genus Vigna; Vigna (genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus)
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