noun
- Tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain.
- Hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers.
- synonyms: running postman, Kennedia prostrata
- Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain.
- synonyms: scarlet runner bean, runner bean, English runner bean
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