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Definitions of bamboo in various dictionaries:
noun - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants
noun - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems
Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa.
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| Like the giant panda, the gray gentle lemur is known for eating the shoots of this plant |
| Because they can't digest cellulose, pandas may eat 90 pounds a day of the shoots of this plant |
| In many Asian countries, the shoots of this very tall grass are eaten as a vegetable |
| Acupuncture needles, now steel & as thin as a hair, were once made of the woody stem of this giant grass |
| Southern or giant cane can reach heights of 20 feet & is a type of this tall grass |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.) Though it looks like a more traditional wood, the flooring here is actually made from what is called the perfect renewable resource, this treelike grass that can grow a foot a day |
| Used in kendo, the shinai is a sword made of this plant |
| China's dizi is a traditional flute made of this grass |
| Invented in recent years, boobams are percussion instruments often made from this woody grass |
| (Kelly of the clue crew gives the clue from Ecuador) This typical 1940s house of a campesino, or field worker, is made from this giant grass associated with Asia but an important building material of Ecuador |
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| a giant woody grass which is grown chiefly in the tropics. |
| A giant woody grass which is grown chiefly in the tropics. |
| Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa. Certain species of bamboo can reach heights of from 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 feet). |
| The hard or woody, jointed, often hollow stems of these plants, used in construction, crafts, and fishing poles. |
| woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems mature canes used for construction and furniture |
| the hard woody stems of bamboo plants used in construction and crafts and fishing poles |
| a tall tropical grass with hard, hollow stems, or the stems of this plant: |
| a tall grass that grows in hotter regions and that has hard, hollow stems, or the stems of this plant |
| Bamboo description |
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| The bamboos ( listen) are evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. In bamboo, as in other grasses, the internodal regions of the stem are usually hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement. The dicotyledonous woody xylem is also absent. The absence of secondary growth wood causes the stems of monocots, including the palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering.Bamboos include some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Certain species of bamboo can grow 91 cm (36 in) within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 4 cm (1.6 in) an hour (a growth around 1 mm every 90 seconds, or 1 inch every 40 minutes). Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, being used for building mat |