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bam⋅boo

  [bam-boo]
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–noun, plural -boos.
1. any of the woody or treelike tropical and semitropical grasses of the genera Bambusa, Phyllostachys, Dendrocalamus, and allied genera, having woody, usually hollow stems with stalked blades and flowering only after years of growth.
2. the stem of such a plant, used as a building material and for making furniture, poles, etc.
Origin:
1590–1600; sp. var. of earlier bambu < Malay, appar. < Dravidian; cf. Kannada bambu, bombu a large, hollow bam-boo (or directly < Dravidian); r. bambus < D bamboes; cf. NL bambūsa
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bam·boo   (bām-bōō')   
n.   pl. bam·boos

  1. Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa. Certain species of bamboo can reach heights of from 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 feet).

  2. The hard or woody, jointed, often hollow stems of these plants, used in construction, crafts, and fishing poles.


[Back-formation from earlier bambos (taken as pl.), from Dutch bamboes, of Malay or Dravidian origin.]
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Word Origin & History

bamboo 
1598, from Du. bamboe, from Port. bambu, earlier mambu (16c.), probably from Malay samambu, though some suspect this is itself an imported word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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