runner bean

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runner bean Definition

• (n) tropical American high-climbing bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
• (n) long bean pods always sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain

runner bean Synonyms

• Dutch case-knife bean
• English runner bean
• Phaseolus coccineus
• Phaseolus multiflorus
• runner bean
• scarlet runner
• scarlet runner bean