bamboo shoot

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bamboo shoot (plural bamboo shoots)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) The edible shoot of any of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys), cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine.

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