scarlet runner

American  

noun

1. a twining, South American bean plant, Phaseolus coccineus, having clusters of scarlet flowers.

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scarlet runner British  

noun

1. Also called: runner bean.   string bean.  a climbing perennial bean plant, Phaseolus multiflorus (or P. coccineus ), of tropical America, having scarlet flowers: widely cultivated for its long green edible pods containing edible seeds

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Etymology

Origin of scarlet runner

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

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scarlet runner

I put some scarlet runner beans from the Hollywood Farmers Market over it to symbolize the gathering cultures of Native American tribes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

I would submit that a larger-caliber bean, such as a scarlet runner or corona, adds to the grandeur here.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

Kids gather in the leafy shade of a bean teepee to draw the scarlet runner beans they’d trained up the bamboo poles.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2016

I will begin by trying to show that very obvious movements are to be seen in every kitchen garden, or in every garret window, where a scarlet runner is grown for its red flowers’ sake.

From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir

"Hasn't this scarlet runner sprung up so that we might run up it to speak to you?"

From Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various