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bamboo

Definition

  • noun: a tall plant with hard hollow stems that are used for building and to make furniture, tools, etc.
  • noun: any of various woody or arborescent grasses (as of the genera 'Bambusa, Arundinaria,' and 'Dendrocalamus' of the subfamily Bambusoideae) of tropical and temperate regions having hollow stems, thick rhizomes, and shoots that are used for food

Examples

  • The recipe is prepared with 'bamboo shoots'. [=young bamboo plants]

  • The house is full of 'bamboo' furniture.

  • We cut down some 'bamboos'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) that's the end of the story. Look at me. No, don't look at me. That's it? That can't be it. There's gotta be more, Dad! Well, there was the time you ate all my bamboo furniture. It was imported, too. One dumpling, please, Dragon Warrior size. Oh, Po, your story may not have such a happy beginning, (..)
    2011 Kung Fu Panda 2