scarlet runner
1. tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain • Syn: scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus • Hypernyms: pole bean 2. long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain • Syn: scarlet runner bean, runner bean, English runner bean • Hypernyms: green bean 3. hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers • Syn: running postman, Kennedia prostrata • Hypernyms: coral pea
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