'runner bean' definitions:

Tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain [syn: scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus]

Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain [syn: scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, runner bean, English runner bean]