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Definition of Snail flower

Snail flower
Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicid[ae]. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. Snail borer (Zo["o]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata, also, M. Helix); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. Snail shell (Zo["o]l.), the shell of snail. Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.

Meaning of Snail flower from wikipedia

- snail is a s****ed gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name snail...
- purple, non-fragrant, invasive flowers of the "Phaseolus giganteus" are said to have snail or snail-s**** shaped flowers, hence the origin of the common...
- A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angio****e). Flowers consist...
- species Deilephila elpenor. In this species, the moth hovers in front of the flower and extends its long proboscis to attain its food. A few Lepidoptera species...
- Medicinal herbs Garden Cactus Garden Jasmine Garden Keong Emas (Golden Snail) Flower Garden Picnic Park Taman Budaya Tionghoa Indonesia, a Chinese Indonesian...
- (snail vine) flowers Lupinus succulentus (arroyo lupine succulent) Lupinus stiversii (harlequin lupine) Virgilia oroboides (Cape lilac) mauve flowers Vicia...
- Narcissus has con****uous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white and yellow...
- pistillate flower a flower containing one or more pistils but no fertile stamens. Sometimes called a female flower. Contrast with staminate flower pistillode...
- diseases include powdery mildew, viruses, slugs and snails, scale insects, aphids, earwigs, and green flower disease, which is usually caused by infection with...
- known as the giant African snail, also known as the giant tiger land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod...