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Definition of BAMBOO

Bamboo
Bamboo Bam*boo", v. t. To flog with the bamboo.
Bamboo
Bamboo Bam*boo", n. [Malay bambu, mambu.] (Bot.) A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries. Note: The most useful species is Bambusa arundinacea, which has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc.

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- Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the gr**** family Poaceae. Giant bamboos...
- Bamboo torture is a form of torture and execution where a bamboo shoot grows through the body of a victim. It was reportedly used in East and South Asian...
- Giant bamboo is a common name for several large species of bamboo and may refer to: Large species in the genus Bambusa include: "Giant timber bamboo" (Bambusa...
- The bamboo rats are four species of rodents of the subfamily Rhizomyinae. They are the sole living representatives of the tribe Rhizomyini. These species...
- Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including Bambusa vulgaris...
- refer to: Bamboo, Jamaica, a village Bamboo, Queensland, a locality in Australia Bamboo Forest (Kyoto, ****an), also called the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove or...
- genera and over 1,000 species. The size of bamboo varies from small annuals to giant timber bamboo. Bamboo evolved 30 to 40 million years ago, after the...
- [mɐɲaˈlɐk]; born March 21, 1976), po****rly known as Bamboo Mañalac or simply by the mononym Bamboo, is a Filipino musician, singer, and songwriter. He...
- A bamboo floor is a type of flooring manufactured from the bamboo plant. The majority of today's bamboo flooring products originate in China and other...
- Bamboo textile is any cloth, yarn or clothing made from bamboo fibres. While bamboo was historically used only for structural elements, such as bustles...