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scarlet runner

n.

A climbing tropical American bean plant (Phaseolus coccineus) having scarlet flowers and long pods with edible seeds.

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scarlet runner

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a climbing perennial bean plant, Phaseolus multiflorus (or P. coccineus), of tropical America, having scarlet flowers: widely cultivated for its long green edible pods containing edible seeds Also called runner bean string bean

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Noun	1.	scarlet runner - tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain Dutch case-knife bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus, runner bean, scarlet runner bean pole bean - a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis
	2.	scarlet runner - hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers Kennedia prostrata, running postman coral pea - any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
	3.	scarlet runner - long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain English runner bean, runner bean, scarlet runner bean green bean - immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable