scarlet runner
scarlet runner · scarlet runners
Phaseolus coccineus, the runner beanPhaseolus coccineus, the runner bean.
Meaning
1 sensesPhaseolus coccineus, the runner bean.
More definitions
- long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
- hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
- tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
Origin
In reference to its red flowers and climbing habit.In reference to its red flowers and climbing habit.
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Forms
plural: scarlet runners| Singular | scarlet runner |
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Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain:scarlet runner beanrunner beanEnglish runner bean
- hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers:running postmanKennedia prostrata
- tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain:scarlet runner beanDutch case-knife beanrunner beanPhaseolus coccineusPhaseolus multiflorus