Lexic.us

Definition of Scarlet 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarlet Runner Bean

scarlet fevers scarlet fritillary scarlet hamelia scarlet haw scarlet letter scarlet letters scarlet lychnis scarlet maple scarlet musk flower scarlet oak

scarlet pimpernel scarlet plume scarlet red scarlet red sulfonate scarlet runner scarlet runner bean (current term) scarlet strawberry scarlet sumac scarlet tanager scarlet wisteria tree

scarlet woman scarlet women scarleted scarleting scarlets scarlike scarmoge scarmoges scarn scaroid

Literary usage of Scarlet 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. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"On the other hand the seedlings of the scarlet runner bean grown in distilled water and exposed to the action of full daylight under bell-jars with caustic ..."

3. 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. ..."

4. 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. ..."

5. 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 ..."

6. First Lessons with Plants: Being an Abridgement of "Lessons with Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"91 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, ..."

7. 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 ..."

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