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 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]