bamboo

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[edit] English

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Bamboo.

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay samambu, from Kannada bambu.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
bamboo

Plural
bamboos

bamboo (plural bamboos)

  1. A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
  2. The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
  3. a didgeridoo
  4. (slang) 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.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

plant
wood
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[edit] Adjective

bamboo (not comparable)

Positive
bamboo

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. Made of the wood of the bamboo.

[edit] Translations

made of bamboo

[edit] Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

English bamboo.

[edit] Noun

bamboo

  1. didgeridoo

[edit] Mandinka

[edit] Noun

bamboo

  1. crocodile
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