scarlet runner

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 G Britain [syn: {scarlet

runner bean}, {Dutch case-knife bean}, {runner bean}, {Phaseolus

coccineus}, {Phaseolus multiflorus}]

2: hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with

bright scarlet-pink flowers [syn: {running postman}, {Kennedia

prostrata}]

3: long bean pods always sliced into half-inch lengths; a

favorite in Britain [syn: {scarlet runner bean}, {runner

bean}, {English runner bean}]