Phaseolus multiflorus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Phaseolus multiflorus	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Phaseolus multiflorus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phaseolus multiflorus n tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain Synonym(s): scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scarlet \Scar"let\, a. Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. {Scarlet admiral} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), the telescope fish; -- so called from its red color. See under {Telescope}. {Scarlet ibis} (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ibis}. {Scarlet maple} (Bot.), the red maple. See {Maple}. {Scarlet mite} (Zo[94]l.), 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}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tanager}.