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| bam·boo [ bam b ] |
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1. bamboo stem: the strong hollow stems of a tropical plant. Use: building, furniture, canes, fishing rods.
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2. tall stiff-stemmed plant: a plant with long woody, often hollow, stems that grows in dense clumps and produces bamboo. Native to: tropical and semitropical areas. Family Bambusaceae.
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| [Late 16th century. Via Dutch bamboes, modern Latin bambusa< Malay mambu] |
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