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snail flower

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
snail flow-er
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

snailflower snail-flower snail bean corkscrew flower Vigna caracalla Phaseolus caracalla

Questions

What does snail flower mean?
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

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