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bamboo (iou)



bamboo noun & verb. [bam'bu:] Also (earlier) bambos, bambus, bambous. L16.
[Dutch bamboes, mod. Latin bambusa, ult. from Malay mamby. Forms in -s later taken as pl.]
A. noun.
Any of numerous, mainly tropical, giant grasses belonging to the genus Bambusa and various related genera; the hollow stem of such a plant, used as a stick or as material. L16.
Cane-coloured biscuit porcelain. L18.
A light yellowish brown. M19.
Comb.: bamboo curtain [after iron curtain] a political and economic barrier between China and non-Communist countries; bamboo-fish a small fish, Sarpa salpa, of the family Sparidae, found in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean; bamboo shoot a young shoot of bamboo, eaten as a vegetable.
b. verb trans. Beat with a bamboo; provide with bamboo. E19.