The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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It’s giving fat bamboos and obnoxiously long nails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
Unlike other heavenly bamboos that develop lanky canes over time, ‘Gulf Stream’ remains bushy and compact.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
We peered across thick stands of trees where Walter had taken us foraging for edible palms and rattans, and bamboos with liquid inside.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2014
These include grasses and sedges; wind-pollinated shade trees such as oaks and maples; ferns; bamboos; and a host of conifers, small and large.
From Washington Post
But the rain of generations had poured upon this painting until now there was only a faint feathery shadow of bamboos left, and the hills were almost wholly gone.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
