Definition of bamboo Bamboo

/bæmbuˈ/ - [batmbu] - bam•boo

We found 14 definitions of bamboo from 7 different sources.

What does bamboo mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: bambooes
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 woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
		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
bamboo - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
		wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"

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Wiktionary

bamboo (Noun)
A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
bamboo (Noun)
The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
bamboo (Noun)
A didgeridoo.
bamboo (Noun)
A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
bamboo (Verb)
To flog with a bamboo cane.
bamboo (Adjective)
Made of the wood of the bamboo.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

bamboo (n.)
A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.
bamboo (v. t.)
To flog with the bamboo.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

bamboo
A group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

bamboo
bam-bōō′, n. a gigantic Indian reed or grass, with hollow-jointed stem, and of hard texture. [Malay bambu.]

Wikipedia

Bamboo is a name for more than one thousand species of giant grasses. There are about 91 different genera. All bamboos have wood-like stems. Bamboo mainly grows in America and in Asia but can easily grow in Europe.

Bamboo grows in clumps and can be up to 40 metres (130 feet). David Farrelly, in his book "The Book of Bamboo", says that bamboo has been measured to grow 1.21 meter (47.6 inches) in a 24-hour period. Most bamboos (used for gardening) will grow more like 3 cm to 5 cm (1-2 inches)a day, though.

Almost all species of bamboo have hollow stems divided into nodes or joints. The stem can be up to 30 cm in diameter. Each of the node has one side bud. Not all of those buds develop into branches, but some do. This makes bamboo one of the few grasses that have a branch structure. Bamboo rarely flowers. Some species only flower once, and then die off. The distance of two joints in a bamboo is the basis of a traditional Japanese unit of measurement, "shaku".

Uses.

Bamboo is used to make lots of things and is a construction material. The stems of larger trees are used to build houses, bridges, and other things that have to be constructed such as boat masts, paper, fences, furniture, bongs, and wickerwork. It can be used for scaffolding. Bamboo is an easy construction material that is not too expensive.

Bamboo shoots can also be used as human food. Bamboo shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) are usually cooked before being eaten. Most temperate bamboos can be ea

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bamboo, noun, singular of bamboos.
bamboo, adjective.

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