bamboo

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A noun referring to a woody tropical grass with hollow stems, whose mature canes are used in construction, furniture, and crafts, as well as for fishing poles.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma gramínea tropical lenhosa de colmos ocos e segmentados, cujas hastes maduras são usadas em construção, mobiliário, artesanato e na fabricação de varas de pesca; também se refere à própria haste ou colmo dessa planta.

1. Woody grass plant A2 formal

   A tropical or subtropical grass with hard, hollow stems, used for construction, furniture, and crafts.

   • Bamboo grows very quickly in warm climates.
   • The fence was made from bamboo canes.
   • Pandas rely almost entirely on bamboo for food.

   🇵🇹Bambu

2. Material for construction and crafts A2 formal

   The hard, woody stems of bamboo plants, used as a material for building, tools, and decorative items.

   • They built a small bridge using bamboo.
   • The artisan carved a beautiful vase from bamboo.
   • Fishing poles are often made from bamboo.

   🇵🇹Bambu

• bamboos plural form
• bamboos' possessive plural form
• bamboo's possessive singular form