Bamboo

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bamboo \Bam*boo"\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"), n. [Malay bambu, mambu.]
     (Bot.)
     A plant of the family of grasses, and genus {Bambusa},
     growing in tropical countries.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bamboo \Bam*boo"\, v. t.
     To flog with the bamboo.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bamboo
       n 1: the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction
            and crafts and fishing poles
       2: woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes
          used for construction and furniture