noun. Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical plants chiefly of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa in the grass family. Certain species of bamboo can reach heights of 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 feet).

noun. The hard or woody, jointed, often hollow stems of these plants, used in construction and to make various kinds of utensils.

noun. Fabric or yarn manufactured from these plants.

noun. The common name of the arborescent grasses belonging to the genus Bambusa (which see) and its allies.

noun. In the West Indies, a tall climbing grass of the genus Panicum, P. divaricatum.

noun. In Queensland, a coarse grass, Stipa micrantha.

noun. A stick or cane from the stem of the bamboo.

noun. In pottery, a name given to a cane-colored biscuit made by Wedgwood.

noun. An Eastern measure of length, equal in Pondicherry to 3⅔ meters.

noun. In Sumatra, a measure of capacity: in Bencoolen, equal to the United States (Winchester) gallon; in Achin, to 5 pints.

To beat with a bamboo; punish by flogging with a smooth lath of bamboo; bastinado.

transitive verb. To flog with the bamboo.

noun. A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.

noun. A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.

noun. The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.

noun. a didgeridoo

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.

adjective. Made of the wood of the bamboo.

verb. To flog with a bamboo cane.

noun. the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles

noun. woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture

"The bamboo is gorgeous but not as durable as the hardwood in the rest of the house."

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