bamboo
(noun) woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
bamboo
(noun) the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bamboo (countable and uncountable, plural bamboos)
A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the Bambuseae tribe.
The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
A didgeridoo.
(slang) A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
bamboo (not comparable)
Made of the wood of the bamboo.
bamboo (third-person singular simple present bamboos, present participle bambooing, simple past and past participle bambooed)
(transitive) To flog with a bamboo cane.
(transitive) To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo.
(India, slang) To penetrate sexually.
Source: Wiktionary
Bam*boo", n. Etym: [Malay bambu, mambu.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Definition: To flog with the bamboo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
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