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Words related to bamboo
bam·boo
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bamboo shoots
the shoots of the bamboo plant, often used as food in Asian dishes -
bamboo turning
turning of spindles and framing members to simulate the jointing of bamboo. -
bamboo ware
a cane-colored Wedgwood stoneware of c1770 imitating bamboo. -
nandina
a Chinese and Japanese evergreen shrub, Nandina domestica, of the barberry family, having pinnate leaves and bright red berries, cultivated as an ornamental. -
panda
Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage. -
whangee
a bamboo of the genus Phyllostachys, of China.