bamboo /bam-booˈ/

1. A gigantic tropical and subtropical grass (genus Bambusa) with hollow-jointed woody stem and edible young shoots (bamboo shoots)
2. The stem, used esp for making furniture
3. Bamboo-coloured bisque porcelain

bamboo curtain noun

The impenetrable political barrier of Asian, esp Chinese, communism (cf iron curtain)

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