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1. 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, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus
    
2. Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favourite in Britain
   - scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, English runner bean

Derived forms: runner beans

Type of: green bean, pole bean

Encyclopedia: Runner bean