DUTCH CASE-KNIFE BEAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Dutch case-knife bean; Phaseolus coccineus; Phaseolus multiflorus; runner bean; scarlet runner; scarlet runner bean

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Dutch case-knife bean" is a kind of...):

pole bean (a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis)

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