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What (who) is runner bean - definition

SPECIES OF FLOWERING PLANT
Scarlet runner bean; Scarlet runner; Scarlet runners; Runner beans; Pallar bean; Scarlet runner beans; Runner Bean; Runner bean; Stick beans; Stick bean; Phaseolus flavescens; Phaseolus multiflorus

runner bean         
¦ noun a Central American climbing bean plant with scarlet flowers, widely cultivated for its long green edible pods. [Phaseolus coccineus.]
runner bean         
(runner beans)
Runner beans are long green beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They grow on a tall climbing plant and are the cases that contain the seeds of the plant. (BRIT; in AM, use pole beans
, scarlet runners
)
= French bean
N-COUNT: usu pl
scarlet runner         
¦ noun another term for runner bean.

Wikipedia

Phaseolus coccineus

Phaseolus coccineus, known as runner bean, scarlet runner bean, or multiflora bean, is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Another common name is butter bean, which, however, can also refer to the lima bean, a different species.

It is grown both as a food plant and an ornamental plant.

Examples of use of runner bean
1. There is nothing more magical than planting a tiny seed, some no bigger than a pinhead, in the soil in early spring and then, just a few short months later, seeing that seed transform itself into a 6ft runner bean plant, bearing enough pods to feed a dozen hungry Jacks.
2. Scroll down for more Liam McGough showed his sensitive side in rehearsals when he sighed "Oh Kyleen, you‘re my runner bean," reciting a poem to his love and finishing with "Right, that‘s the feeling and the sentiment done, yeah?". In the house‘s own soap opera, it seems the on/off love affair between Ziggy and Chanelle Hayes – which ended on Sunday – could be back on again.