beanstalk

The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.

A tall, slim person.broadlycolloquialfiguratively

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.
• I have never liked riding the Beanstalk. My distaste was full-blown even before the disaster to the Quito Skyhook. A cable that goes up into the sky with nothing to hold it up smells too much of magic.