ALL meanings of bamboo
bam·boo
B b - variable noun bamboo Bamboo is a tall tropical plant with hard, hollow stems. The young shoots of the plant can be eaten and the stems are used to make furniture. 3
- noun bamboo any tall treelike tropical or semitropical fast-growing grass of the genus Bambusa, having hollow woody-walled stems with ringed joints and edible young shoots (bamboo shoots) 3
- noun bamboo the stem of any of these plants, used for building, poles, and furniture 3
- noun bamboo any of various bamboo-like grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Phyllostachys or Dendrocalamus 3
- noun bamboo any of a number of semitropical or tropical grasses (subfamily Bambusoideae) often resembling trees, with perennial, jointed stems that are woody, hard, springy, and often hollow and sometimes grow to a height of c. 36 m (c. 120 feet): the stems are used in light construction and for furniture, canes, etc., and the young shoots of some species are eaten 3
- adjective bamboo of bamboo 3
- adjective bamboo made of bamboo stems 3
- noun bamboo A giant woody grass that grows chiefly in the tropics, where it is widely cultivated. 1
- noun bamboo plant: woody grass 1
- noun bamboo material: canes 1
- noun bamboo made of bamboo 1
- noun plural bamboo any of the woody or treelike tropical and semitropical grasses of the genera Bambusa, Phyllostachys, Dendrocalamus, and allied genera, having woody, usually hollow stems with stalked blades and flowering only after years of growth. 1
- noun plural bamboo the stem of such a plant, used as a building material and for making furniture, poles, etc. 1
- noun bamboo A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the Bambuseae tribe. 0
- noun bamboo The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane. 0
- noun bamboo A didgeridoo. 0
- noun bamboo (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. 0
- verb bamboo (Transitive Verb) To flog with a bamboo cane. 0
- adjective bamboo Made of the wood of the bamboo. 0