a tall plant that is a member of the grass family and has hard hollow stems that are used for making furniture, poles, etc. 竹;竹子 a bamboo grove 竹林 a bamboo chair 竹椅 bamboo shoots (= young bamboo plants that can be eaten) 竹笋
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBamboo is used before these nouns:- basket
- hut
- shoot
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Dutch bamboes, based on Malay mambu.