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Definition of Phaseolus caracalla

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phaseolus Caracalla

Literary usage of Phaseolus caracalla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"Another species, the Snail Flower (phaseolus caracalla), so named from the Celtic caracalla, a hood or head dress, is a very curious plant, ..."

2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1817)
"The Phaseolus caracalla, kept in the green-houses of the Seraglio gardens at Constantinople, flourished here in the open air. They had also the Arbutus ..."

3. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1823)
"The Phaseolus caracalla, kept in the green-houses of the Seraglio gardens at Constantinople, flourished here in the open air. They had also the Arbutus ..."

4. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"... Linnaeus gave the name of Phaseolus caracalla, and the French recognise it as haricot lima<;on, which is a reduplication of the original name, ..."

5. A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia:: Being a Treatise on Pharmacology in by Samuel Frederick Gray (1821)
"Flour of the seed emollient, diuretic, nourishing. SCARLET BEAN. Phaseolus caracalla. Flowers sweet scented; pods eatable ..."

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