bamboo

/bæmˈbu/

noun

  1. 1

    A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the Bambuseae tribe.

  2. 2

    The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.

  3. 3

    A didgeridoo.

  4. 4

    A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

verb

  1. 1

    To flog with a bamboo cane.

  2. 2

    To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo.

  3. 3

    To penetrate sexually.

adjective

  1. 1

    Made of the wood of the bamboo.

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