beanstalks

Noun

beanstalk (plural beanstalks)

1. The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
2. (broadly, colloquial, figuratively) A tall, slim person.
3. A space elevator.
   • If we don't build a Beanstalk, somebody else will—and once one is working, the number of rocket launches will drop to zero. That's the source of more than half our income.1979, Charles Sheffield, The Web Between the Worlds