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

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.

From The Book of Gud by Hersey, Harold

But Peter was gone, and when Paulina looked out of the window, she could see neither him, nor the mannikins, nor the scarlet runner.

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