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snailflower

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
snail-flow-er
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Cochliasanthus caracalla of leguminous vines of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.

noun

Any member of species Sigmoidotropis speciosa

Etymology

From snail + flower.

Inflected Forms

snailflowers (plural)

Synonyms

corkscrew flower corkscrew vine snail vine snail creeper snail bean snail-flower snail flower vigna caracalla phaseolus caracalla

Questions

What does snailflower mean?
Any member of the species Cochliasanthus caracalla of leguminous vines of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
Where does snailflower come from?
From snail + flower.

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