beanstalk

[been-stawk]

noun

1. the stem of a bean plant.

beanstalk

/ ˈbiːnˌstɔːk /

noun

1. the stem of a bean plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of beanstalk¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; bean + stalk ¹

Example Sentences

Perhaps a beanstalk will grow to the clouds and an adventure with giants will ensue.

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Recovered memory cases had been “sprouting up like beanstalks,” but “once the reversal happened, everyone reanalyzed it,” Franklin’s attorney said.

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When planting the magic bean, they’d tried to aim for the very edge of the island’s overhang, considering they would have to jump from the beanstalk to the castle.

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Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, has likened surging productivity to “magic beanstalk beans for the economy. … You can have faster income increases, faster wage growth, faster GDP without generating inflation.’

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A gigantic beanstalk grows out of a medieval peasant’s posterior, and another peasant says, “I told you they were magic beans and not to eat them.”

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