bamboo

  1. Noun.  A plant; a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
  2. Noun.  The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
  3. Noun.  a didgeridoo.
  4. Noun.  (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
  5. Adjective.  Made of the wood of the bamboo.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.