noun
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 bean, ↑Dutch case-knife bean, ↑runner bean, ↑Phaseolus coccineus, ↑Phaseolus multiflorus
• Hypernyms: ↑pole bean
2. long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
• Syn: ↑scarlet runner bean, ↑runner bean, ↑English runner bean
• Hypernyms: ↑green bean
3. hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
• Syn: ↑running postman, ↑Kennedia prostrata
• Hypernyms: ↑coral pea
Useful english dictionary. 2012.