| runner bean 
 
 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, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife 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, scarlet runner bean, English runner bean
 • Hypernyms:
 green bean
 
 
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