runner bean

Noun

• long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain

• tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  scarlet runner , scarlet runner bean , English runner bean , Dutch case-knife bean , Phaseolus coccineus , Phaseolus multiflorus