phaseolus coccineus(n = noun.plant) dutch case-knife bean, phaseolus multiflorus, runner bean, scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean - tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain;
is a kind of pole bean

genus phaseolus, haemanthus coccineus, phaseolus, phaseolus aconitifolius, phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, phaseolus angularis, phaseolus aureus, phaseolus caracalla, phaseolus limensis, phaseolus lunatus, phaseolus multiflorus, phaseolus vulgaris