Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of bean plant: A perennial tropical American bean plant (Phaseolus coccineus) known for its long bean pods, often sliced, and its bright red or scarlet-pink flowers. It is also called the runner bean.
   • The edible seed or pod of this plant: The long, usually green, pods and the mottled beans inside, used as food.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • We grow scarlet runners up a trellis for both their beauty and their beans.
  • For dinner, we had steamed scarlet runner beans with butter.
  • The scarlet runner is a favorite in British gardens.

Advanced Usage

• As a collective term: The term can refer collectively to the plant, its pods, and its seeds.
  • The scarlet runner provides both ornamental value and a food crop.

Variants and Related Words

• Runner bean: The more common general name for the same plant ().
• Scarlet runner bean: A fuller variant of the name.

Synonyms

• Runner bean
• Multiflora bean (less common)

Related Phrases

• Scarlet runner vine: Emphasizes the climbing, trailing nature of the plant.
  • The scarlet runner vine covered the fence with red flowers.

Noun

1. long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
2. hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
3. tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain