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Bamboo

Bamboo Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bamboo? [n] woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture [n] the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles [adj] made of bamboo; "bamboo furniture" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bamboo: woody Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bamboo: See Also \| Arundinaria gigantea \| Arundinaria tecta \| bamboo \| Bambusa vulgaris \| Bambuseae \| black bamboo \| cane reed \| common bamboo \| Dendrocalamus giganteus \| fishpole bamboo \| giant bamboo \| giant cane \| giant timber bamboo \| gosan-chiku \| graminaceous plant \| gramineous plant \| hotei-chiku \| ku-chiku \| kuri-chiku \| kyo-chiku \| madake \| Phyllostachys aurea \| Phyllostachys bambusoides \| Phyllostachys nigra \| small cane \| switch cane \| tribe Bambuseae \| wood Bamboo In Webster's Dictionary \Bamboo"\, n. [Malay bambu, mambu.] (Bot.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus {Bambusa}, growing in tropical countries. Note: The most useful species is {Bambusa arundinacea}, which has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc. \Bamboo"\, v. t. To flog with the bamboo.

Bamboo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bamboo?

[n] woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
[n] the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
[adj] made of bamboo; "bamboo furniture"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bamboo: woody

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Bamboo In Webster's Dictionary

\Bam*boo"\, n. [Malay bambu, mambu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the family of grasses, and genus {Bambusa},
growing in tropical countries.

Note: The most useful species is {Bambusa arundinacea}, which
      has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and
      grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The
      flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the
      stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their
      receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in
      diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for
      building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water
      pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller
      stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc.


\Bam*boo"\, v. t.
To flog with the bamboo.

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