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

Beans Some gardeners find their pole beans stunted by sunflowers, but other types of beans may be an even bigger problem. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 May 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

In this companion plant mix, corn, squash, and pole beans are interplanted together to enhance the growth of one another. —Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026

For example, pole beans take up less space than bush beans. —Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026

Then add on other starters like the baby beets salad tossed with pole beans and quinoa granola or the beef tartare paired with bulgur. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 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