bamboo.

1. A woody grass with jointed stems, often hollow between the joints, that can form dense stands.

2. The stems of bamboo used as a material for construction, furniture, tools, or other objects.

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Words that belong together

• bamboo grove
• bamboo shoots
• stand of bamboo

On the page

Wind rattled the bamboo behind the courtyard.

The trail entered a dense stand of bamboo.

Young bamboo shoots emerged beside the older stems.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Mass for vegetation or material; bamboos for species or plants. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.