phaseolus multiflorus

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

   Synonymsscarlet runnerscarlet runner beanDutch case-knife beanrunner beanPhaseolus coccineus

   Broaderpole bean

Questions about phaseolus multiflorus

What does phaseolus multiflorus mean?

phaseolus multiflorus means "tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain".

What is another word for phaseolus multiflorus?

Close synonyms include scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phaseolus multiflorus a common word?

phaseolus multiflorus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.