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1. (n.) bamboo
any of various tall, sometimes treelike tropical and semitropical grasses, as of the genera Bambusa,Phyllostachys, and Dendrocalamus, having woody, usu. hollow stems bearing stalks of narrow leaves.
2. bamboo
the stem of such a plant, used as a building material and for making furniture, poles, etc.
Etymology: (1590–1600; earlier bambu < Malay, appar. < Dravidian)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bamboo
the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
2. (noun) bamboo
woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
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1. (noun) bamboo
a tropical plant
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bamboo
a plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries
2. (verb) bamboo
to flog with the bamboo
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Sense: (of) a type of gigantic grass with hollow, jointed, woody stems
furniture made of bamboo; bamboo furniture.
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 Afrikaans: bamboes |
 Arabic: شَجَرَةُ الخَيْزَران |
 Bulgarian: бамбук |
 Brazilian: bambu |
 Czech: bambus(ový) |
 German: der Bambus |
 Danish: bambus |
 Greek: μπαμπού |
 Spanish: bambú |
 Estonian: bambus |
 Farsi: نی؛ خیزران |
 Finnish: bambu |
 French: bambou |
 Hebrew: בַּמבּוּק |
 Hindi: बांस |
 Croatian: bambus |
 Hungarian: bambusz(nád) |
 Indonesian: bambu |
 Icelandic: bambusreyr |
 Italian: bambù, di bambù |
 Japanese: 竹 |
 Korean: 대나무 |
 Lithuanian: bambukas |
 Latvian: bambuss; bambusa- |
 Malay: buluh |
 Dutch: bamboe |
 Norwegian: bambusrør |
 Polish: bambus |
 Persian: نی؛ خیزران |
 Pashto: bamboo [n]بانكس، يو ډول ا |
 Portuguese: bambu |
 Romanian: bambus |
 Russian: бамбук; бамбуковый |
 Slovak: bambus; bambusový |
 Slovenian: bambus |
 Serbian: bambus |
 Swedish: bambu |
 Thai: ต้นไผ่; ไม้ไผ่ |
 Turkish: bambu |
 Taiwanese: 竹子 |
 Ukrainian: бамбук |
 Urdu: بانس |
 Vietnamese: cây tre |
 Chinese: 竹子 |
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