runner bean

nounBritish.

string bean (defs. 1, 2).

Origin of runner bean

First recorded in 1780–90

Words Nearby runner bean

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How to use runner bean in a sentence

Sometimes it has been reared on the pods of the scarlet-runner bean.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series | Richard South
Suitable garden vines for study are climbing nasturtium, scarlet runner bean, and Japanese hop.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study | Ontario Ministry of Education
It produces large fruit, which contains a large quantity of seeds about the size of the Scarlet-runner bean.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture | William Saunders
And Gud took a scarlet runner bean and put it in a pot and lit a fire of cactus thorns and set the pot to boil.
The Book of Gud | Dan Spain

British Dictionary definitions for runner bean

runner bean

noun

another name for scarlet runner

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