DUTCH CASE-KNIFE BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dutch case-knife bean mean? 

• DUTCH CASE-KNIFE BEAN (noun)
  The noun DUTCH CASE-KNIFE BEAN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DUTCH CASE-KNIFE BEAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUTCH CASE-KNIFE BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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