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pole bean

pole bean

1 3.8
A climbing bean plant that wraps around supports like poles or trellises
  • noun
  • /poʊl biːn/
translation icon : judía trepadora
  • Plant pole beans near a fence so they can twine around it as they reach for the sun.
  • pole beans and squash
  • pole beans and corn
  • pole beans trellis

If there's an easy way to get pole beans off their trellis, let me know.

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Examples

  • Inside were pole beans lying on top of the collapsible steel colander.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In this bed right here, I have Blue Lake pole beans, which were planted in June, so they're just kind of starting to put on a lot of growth.

  • I also did a video on them Kentucky wonder pole beans and dark green zucchini.

  • And we are going to space our beans out differently depending on whether they are a pole bean or a Bush bean.

  • If there's an easy way to get pole beans off their trellis, let me know.

    MIgardener

  • Pole beans produce way more beans in the same ground square footage than bush beans, so focus on them.

    Blog text (6)

  • Delilah had fashioned a snow chicken, a leg of lamb, and pole beans.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I grew cucumbers, squash, pole beans, tomatoes, onions, beets, etc.

    Blog text (7)

  • You're going to plant some cucumbers, strawberries, pole beans, Peppers, eggplants.

  • In summer, you can use a trellis to support your pole beans as they climb and grow taller.

Synonyms

runner bean
vspole bean
  • UK
1 3.7

A climbing plant with long green pods and red flowers grown for food

grows by twining around supports rather than being grown mainly for pods
tepary bean
vspole bean
  • US
8.5

A climbing plant from the southwestern United States and Mexico that makes small edible beans

grows by twining around supports rather than being known for seed color

How Climbing

pole bean
1 3.8
runner bean
  • UK
1 3.7
bush bean
1 3.3

Surface Forms

pole bean singular
pole beans plural

Morphology

pole + bean

The meaning 'a bean that grows on or is supported by a pole' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'pole' (a support) and 'bean' (the legume). This is a productive noun–noun compound describing a growth habit, a pattern common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The noun pole bean comes from the way the bean plant climbs a pole by twisting its stems around it. So 'pole bean' means a bean that grows up a support like a pole or fence rather than staying low to the ground.