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scarlet runner

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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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Noun1.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
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
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
green bean - immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable

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Tartar, with a wave of his hand and the deftness of a cat, had already dipped through his scuttle of scarlet runners without breaking a leaf, and 'gone below.
 
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