pole bean

noun

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

Examples of pole bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fill in blank spots in your garden beds with either bush and pole beans, which need a trellis for support. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

All types of beans can be grown in clay soil, including bush-type beans and pole beans. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026

Make sure to provide trellises for vining crops, namely indeterminate tomatoes, pole beans, and vining cucumbers. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 May 2026

Sunflowers act as natural trellises for vining green beans called pole beans. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1770, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pole bean

• acridine
• acrolein
• adenine
• alkylene
• aniline
• anthracene
• aquiline
• asphaltene
• atlantean
• atrazine
• butadiene
• butylene

Kids Definition

pole bean

noun

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