pole bean

noun

: a cultivated bean that is usually trained to grow upright on supports

Examples of pole bean in a Sentence

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There was also a pretty, sculptural tangle of pole beans left squeaky crisp and starkly vegetal. Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024 Full sun, at least six to eight hours per day Green Beans There are two types of green beans: push and pole beans. Katie Boué, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024 Both bush beans and pole beans can be grown near carrots, but pole beans need trellising to keep sprawling vines from competing with carrots for light. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2024 Tomatoes, pole beans, cucumbers, and squashes can all be trellised. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 June 2024 Good candidates for direct sowing would be bush or pole beans, lettuce and other green leafy vegetables, radishes, peas, carrots, summer and winter squash, cucumbers, and corn. Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024 This quick and easy recipe pairs blanched pole beans with snappy radish slices. Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023 Plant bush beans, which mature a little faster than pole beans (which must have support, such as a trellis, to grow vertically). Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Aug. 2023 Both types are fast-growing, though pole beans produce for a slightly longer period. Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 12 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1770, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pole bean was circa 1770

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“Pole bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pole%20bean. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

pole bean

noun
: a cultivated bean with long coiling stems that is usually trained to grow upright on supports
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