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whang⋅ee

  [hwang-gee, wang-]
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–noun
1. a bamboo of the genus Phyllostachys, of China.
2. a walking stick or cane made from the stem of this plant.
Origin:
1780–90; < Chin huáng hard bamboo + -ee < ?
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whang·ee   (hwāng-gē', wāng'-)   
n.  

  1. Any of several Asian bamboos of the genus Phyllostachys.

  2. A walking stick made from the woody stem of any of these bamboos.


[Ultimately from Chinese (Mandarin) huáng lí.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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