Lexic.us

Definition of Runner bean

1. Noun. Tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain.

2. Noun. Long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain.

Definition of Runner bean

1. Noun. A climbing plant, ''Phaseolus coccineus'', having long bean pods. ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly British) The pods, sliced, as a vegetable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runner Bean

runkles runkling runless runlet runlets runnable runned runnel runnels runner

runner's condition runner-runner runner-up runner-up finish runner-ups runner bean (current term) runner beans runner up runners runners-up

runners up runnest runnet runneth runnets runnier runniest runnily runnin' runniness

Literary usage of Runner bean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experiments with plants by Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1905)
"... and let an assistant wind it tightly clear to the tube's mouth with ordinary cotton twine; tie it so. scarlet runner bean with a square knot and let it ..."

2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1836)
"The Scarlet runner bean.—Dr. Lindley has stated that the plants have tuberous roots, which may be taken up on the approach of frost, and protected in a dry ..."

3. The American Gardener's Magazine by C M Hovey (1836)
"The Scarlet runner bean.—Dr. Lindley has stated that the plants have tuberous roots, which may be taken up on the approach of frost, and protected in a dry ..."

4. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1897)
"353 is a similar picture of the Scarlet runner bean. The node, or place of attachment of the cotyledons, is at C (one cotyledon, of course, FIG. 352. ..."

5. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"353 is a similar picture of the Scarlet runner bean. The node, or place of attachment of ... Parts of common bean. Fie. 353. I'arts of Scarlet runner bean. ..."

6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1905)
"The scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus multiflorus) is seldom used as a garden ... In Great Britain it is commonly cultivated and is there called runner bean. ..."

7. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1906)
"The scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus multiflorus) is seldom used as a garden ... In Great Britain it is commonly cultivated and is there called runner bean. ..."

8. Experiments with Plants by Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1917)
"A still later stage 60 50 Scarlet runner bean germinating 60 1 51 Apparatus ... 63 78 65 Scarlet runner bean with top (terminal bud) removed 79 (>6 Radish ..."

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