'Scarlet runner' definitions:
Definition of 'scarlet runner'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
Hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers [syn: scarlet runner, running postman, Kennedia prostrata]
noun
Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain [syn: scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, runner bean, English runner bean]
Definition of 'Scarlet runner'
From: GCIDE
- Scarlet \Scar"let\, a. Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. [1913 Webster]
- Scarlet admiral (Zool.), the red admiral. See under Red. -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.
- Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.
- Scarlet fish (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from its red color. See under Telescope.
- Scarlet ibis (Zool.) See under Ibis.
- Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple.
- Scarlet mite (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.
- Scarlet oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus coccinea) of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn.
- Scarlet runner (Bot.), the scarlet bean.
- Scarlet tanager. (Zool.) See under Tanager. [1913 Webster]