scarlet runner

scarlet runner
    n 1: tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black
         beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a
         preferred food bean in Great Britain [syn: {scarlet
         runner}, {scarlet runner bean}, {Dutch case-knife bean},
         {runner bean}, {Phaseolus coccineus}, {Phaseolus
         multiflorus}]
    2: hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with
       bright scarlet-pink flowers [syn: {scarlet runner}, {running
       postman}, {Kennedia prostrata}]
    3: long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a
       favorite in Britain [syn: {scarlet runner}, {scarlet runner
       bean}, {runner bean}, {English runner bean}]
    

Scarlet \Scar"let\, a.
   Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
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   {Scarlet admiral} (Zool.), the red admiral. See under {Red}.
      -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus
      multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.

   {Scarlet fever} (Med.), a contagious febrile disease
      characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet
      rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in
      desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.

   {Scarlet fish} (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from
      its red color. See under {Telescope}.

   {Scarlet ibis} (Zool.) See under {Ibis}.

   {Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}.

   {Scarlet mite} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright
      red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss,
      especially {Thombidium holosericeum} and allied species.
      The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.

   {Scarlet oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus coccinea})
      of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color
      of its leaves in autumn.

   {Scarlet runner} (Bot.), the scarlet bean.

   {Scarlet tanager}. (Zool.) See under {Tanager}.
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