Noun: runner bean rú-nu(r) been
- Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favourite in Britain
"The garden produced an abundance of scarlet runner beans"; "The garden produced an abundance of English runner beans";
- scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, English runner bean
- Tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
"scarlet runner beans are grown both for their ornamental flowers and edible beans";
- scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus
Derived forms: runner beans
Type of: green bean, pole bean
Encyclopedia: Runner bean