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bamboo

noun
🔊/ˌbæmˈbuː/
🔊/ˌbæmˈbuː/
 [countable, uncountable]
(plural bamboos)
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  1. a tall plant that is a member of the grass family and has hard hollow stems that are used for making furniture, poles, etc.竹；竹子
    • a bamboo grove竹林
    • a bamboo chair竹椅
    • bamboo shoots (= young bamboo plants that can be eaten)竹笋
    Topics Plants and treesc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBamboo is used before these nouns:
    • basket
    • hut
    • shoot
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Dutch bamboes, based on Malay mambu.