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runner bean

n. 1 A climbing plant, ''Phaseolus coccineus'', having long bean pods. 2 (context chiefly British English) The pods, sliced, as a vegetable.

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runner bean

  1. n. 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]