a climbing perennial bean plant, Phaseolus multiflorus (or P. coccineus), of tropical America, having scarlet flowers: widely cultivated for its long green edible pods containing edible seeds
Also called: runner bean
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scar′let run′ner,
- Plant Biologya twining, South American bean plant, Phaseolus coccineus, having clusters of scarlet flowers.
- 1780–90
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