pole bean

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   a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis

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Questions about pole bean

What does pole bean mean?

pole bean means "a climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis".

Is pole bean a common word?

pole bean is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.