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单词 scarlet runner
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scarlet runner


noun

a twining, South American bean plant, Phaseolus coccineus, having clusters of scarlet flowers.

Origin of scarlet runner

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby scarlet runner

scarlet letter, scarlet lightning, scarlet lychnis, scarlet pimpernel, scarlet red, scarlet runner, scarlet sage, scarlet tanager, scarlet woman, scarp, Scarpa
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Example sentences from the Web for scarlet runner

  • The cabin and the barn were hedged about with shining thickets of sunflower, florid hollyhocks, and scarlet-runner beans.

    The Heart of the Ancient Wood|Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It produces large fruit, which contains a large quantity of seeds about the size of the Scarlet-Runner bean.

    Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture|William Saunders
  • Sometimes it has been reared on the pods of the scarlet-runner bean.

    The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series|Richard South
  • And how many pounds are we nearer the scarlet-runner state of existence, Mrs. Molly?

    The Melting of Molly|Maria Thompson Daviess

British Dictionary definitions for scarlet runner

scarlet runner

noun

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 seedsAlso called: runner bean, string bean
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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