Bamboo is a tall tropical plant with hard, hollow stems. The young shoots of the plant can be eaten and the stems are used to make furniture.
...huts with walls of bamboo.
...bamboo shoots.
bamboo in British English
(bæmˈbuː)
noun
1.
any tall treelike tropical or semitropical fast-growing grass of the genus Bambusa, having hollow woody-walled stems with ringed joints and edible young shoots (bamboo shoots)
2.
the stem of any of these plants, used for building, poles, and furniture
3.
any of various bamboo-like grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Phyllostachys or Dendrocalamus
4. (modifier)
made of bamboo
a bamboo fence
Word origin
C16: probably from Malay bambu
bamboo in American English
(bæmˈbu)
noun
1.
any of a number of semitropical or tropical grasses (subfamily Bambusoideae) often resembling trees, with perennial, jointed stems that are woody, hard, springy, and often hollow and sometimes grow to a height of c. 36 m (c. 120 feet): the stems are used in light construction and for furniture, canes, etc., and the young shoots of some species are eaten