runner bean

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• noun A climbing plant, Phaseolus coccineus, having long bean pods.
• noun chiefly UK The pods, sliced, as a vegetable.

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• noun tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
• noun long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain