单词 | runner kidney bean |
释义 | > as lemmasrunner kidney bean c. A twining plant; esp. (more fully runner kidney bean, runner bean) any of several cultivated varieties of bean which twine round stakes for support. Also with distinguishing word.scarlet runner: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > scarlet runner bean or plant Turkeybean1690 scarlet-bean1731 runner1772 scarlet runner1786 1772 R. Weston Universal Botanist III. 555 White-flowering Indian Kidney-Bean. There are also the following Varieties of this sort. Negro Runner. Large Dutch Runner. Battersea Runner. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 203 Runner kidney beans—may also be sowed now. 1850 Jrnl. Hort. Soc. 5 281 The plants are runners, and consequently require sticks, or to be topped, if sticks cannot be afforded. 1870 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. 30 257 The plant is a runner, or climbing herb of large size, ascending upon the neighbouring trees and bushes. 1882 Garden 11 Mar. 164/3 Early Peas..might be cleared off in time for a crop of dwarf French or Runner Beans. 1933 Discovery Mar. 76/2 The runner bean..of Mexican parentage or origin is here grown as a tender annual. 1968 Times 4 May 25/4 I have been growing my runners in recent years up single stout poles set about 4ft. apart. 2005 Country Living Apr. 118/2 It is enlivened by a succession of tall metal ‘teepees’ which support not only runner beans and sweet peas but also pumpkins and squashes. < as lemmas |
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