runner_bean | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) tropical American high-climbing bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in G Britain | |
Synonyms: | scarlet_runner_bean Dutch_case-knife_bean Phaseolus_coccineus Phaseolus_multiflorus scarlet_runner | |
Related terms: | bean | |
2. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) long bean pods always sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain | |
Synonyms: | scarlet_runner_bean English_runner_bean scarlet_runner | |
Related terms: | green_bean | |
Similar spelling: |
runner-up |