pole bean

pole bean

n.

Any of various cultivated climbing beans that grow on poles or supports.

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Noun

1.

pole bean - a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis bean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods Dutch case-knife bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus, runner bean, scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean - tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain