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BEANSTALK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beanstalk mean?
• BEANSTALK (noun)
The noun BEANSTALK has 1 sense:
1. stem of a bean plant
Familiarity information: BEANSTALK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stem of a bean plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("beanstalk" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Context examples
Which decision proved that her second tumble down the beanstalk had done her some good.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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