bamboos
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pluralof bamboo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
bamboonounany 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.
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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
The bamboos at the corner of the house swayed slowly under a gentle night wind and through the twilight he could see dimly the fringe of trees at the border of the near field.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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