pole bean


noun

any vinelike variety of bean that is trained to grow upright on a pole, trellis, fence, etc.

Origin of pole bean

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70

Example sentences from the Web for pole bean

  • A morning-glory or a hop-vine or a pole-bean winds around its support in the same course, and cannot be made to wind in any other.

    Locusts and Wild Honey |John Burroughs