runner bean

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runner bean - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  runner bean
      n 1: tropical American 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,
           runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus
           ]
      2: long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a
         favorite in Britain [syn: scarlet runner, scarlet runner   bean
         , runner bean, English runner bean]