bamboo

bam·boo  (bm-b)

n. pl. bam·boos

1. Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa. Certain species of bamboo can reach heights of from 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 feet).

2. The hard or woody, jointed, often hollow stems of these plants, used in construction, crafts, and fishing poles.

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[Back-formation from earlier bambos (taken as pl.), from Dutch bamboes, of Malay or Dravidian origin.]

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bamboo [bæmˈbuː]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any tall treelike tropical or semitropical fast-growing grass of the genus Bambusa, having hollow woody-walled stems with ringed joints and edible young shoots (bamboo shoots)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the stem of any of these plants, used for building, poles, and furniture

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various bamboo-like grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Phyllostachys or Dendrocalamus

4. (modifier) made of bamboo a bamboo fence

[probably from Malay bambu]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bamboo - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles bamboo - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	bamboo - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae - bamboos bamboo - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo - extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain Arundinaria gigantea, cane reed, giant cane - tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets Arundinaria tecta, small cane, switch cane - small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States Dendrocalamus giganteus, giant bamboo, kyo-chiku - immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea - small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young black bamboo, kuri-chiku, Phyllostachys nigra - small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, madake, Phyllostachys bambusoides - large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere

Translations

bamboo [bæmˈbuː]

A. N (= cane, plant) → bambú m

B. CPD the Bamboo Curtain N → el Telón de Bambú
bamboo shoots NPL → brotes mpl de bambú

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bamboo [bæmˈbuː]

n → bambou m

modif

(= made of bamboo) [cane, pole, stick] → de bambou; [curtain] → de bambou; [hut] → de bambou, en bambou; [furniture] → en bambou

[the bamboo plant] [leaf] → de bambou bamboo shoots
bamboo shoots npl → pousses fpl de bambou

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bamboo

n → Bambus m attr → Bambus-; bamboo shoots pl → Bambussprossen pl; the Bamboo Curtain (Pol) → der Bambusvorhang

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bamboo [bæmˈbuː]

1. n → bambù m inv

2. adj → di bambù

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bamboo [bæmˈbuː]

1. n → bambù m inv

2. adj → di bambù

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bamboo

n / adj bamboo [bӕmˈbuː]

(of) a type of gigantic grass with hollow, jointed, woody stems furniture made of bamboo; bamboo furniture. bamboes شَجَرَةُ الخَيْزَران бамбук bambus(ový) bambus der Bambus μπαμπού bambú bambus نی؛ خیزران bambu bambou בַּמבּוּק बांस bambus bambusz(nád) bambu bambusreyr bambù, di bambù 竹 대나무 bambukas bambuss; bambusa- buluh bamboe bambusrør bambus bambu bambus бамбук; бамбуковый bambus; bambusový bambus bambus bambu ต้นไผ่; ไม้ไผ่ bambu 竹子 бамбук بانس cây tre 竹子

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bamboo → خيرزان bambus bambus Bambus μπαμπού bambú bambu bambou bambus bambù 竹 대나무 bamboe bambus bambus bambu бамбук bambu ต้นไผ่ bambu cây tre 竹子