runner bean
n 1: 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 [syn:
scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, Dutch
case-knife bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus
multiflorus]
2: long bean pods always sliced into half-inch lengths; a
favorite in Britain [syn: scarlet runner, scarlet
runner bean, English runner bean]