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pole bean

n.
Any of various cultivated beans that climb and are grown on poles or supports.
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pole′ bean`


n.
any vinelike variety of bean that is trained to grow upright on a pole, trellis, fence, etc.
[1760–70, Amer.]
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Noun1.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
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