Definition of "bamboo"
- noun
A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
A didgeridoo.
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.
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