Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun runner_bean

2 senses of runner bean

Sense 1
scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus -- (tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain)
       => pole bean -- (a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis)

Sense 2
scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, runner bean, English runner bean -- (long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain)
       => green bean -- (immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable)