Plural of beanstalk; the tall, climbing stem of a bean plant, especially in children's literature referring to the magical plant in 'Jack and the Beanstalk.'
Compound of 'bean' and 'stalk' (from Old English 'stælc', meaning a stem or post). The magical meaning became popular through the English fairy tale first recorded in 1807.
The beanstalk from 'Jack and the Beanstalk' became so iconic that it's often the only beanstalk most English speakers visualize, showing how a single story can reshape a word's cultural meaning forever.
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