单词 | whangee |
释义 | whangee[ hwang-gee, wang- ] / ʰwæŋˈgi, wæŋ- / nouna bamboo of the genus Phyllostachys, of China. a walking stick or cane made from the stem of this plant. Origin of whangee1780–90; <Chinese huáng hard bamboo + -ee< ? Words nearby whangeewhammy, whanau, whang, Whangarei, whangdoodle, whangee, whap, whapper, whapping, whare, wharenui Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whangee
British Dictionary definitions for whangeewhangee / (wæŋˈiː) / nounany tall woody grass of the S and SE Asian genus Phyllostachys, grown for its stems, which are used for bamboo canes and as a source of paper pulp a cane or walking stick made from the stem of any of these plants Word Origin for whangeeC19: probably from Chinese (Mandarin) huangli, from huang yellow + li bamboo cane Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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