bamboo shoot
bamboo shoot noun: the edible shoot of any of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys), cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine.
Noun
bamboo shoot (plural bamboo shoots)
bamboo shoot meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Odia and Assamese
bamboo shoot in Bengali
- edible part of some bamboo types
- বাঁশ কোড়ল bãś kōṛol
bamboo shoot in Kannada
- edible part of some bamboo types
- ಕಳಲೆ kaḷale
bamboo shoot in Odia
- edible part of some bamboo types
- କରଡି karaḍi
bamboo shoot in Assamese
- edible part of some bamboo types
- বাঁহগাজ bãhgaz
More languagesFewer languages
- bamboo shoot in Tagalog
- labong
- bamboo shoot in Malay
- rebung
- bamboo shoot in Indonesian
- rebung
- bamboo shoot in Thai
- หน่อไม้ nɔ̀ɔ-máai
- bamboo shoot in Vietnamese
- măng
- bamboo shoot in Myanmar
- မျှစ် hmyac
Forms of bamboo shoot
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Questions about bamboo shoot
- What does bamboo shoot mean?
- Bamboo shoot means the edible shoot of any of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys), cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine.
- What is bamboo shoot in Bengali?
- Bamboo shoot in Bengali is বাঁশ কোড়ল (bãś kōṛol). See Bamboo shoot meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is bamboo shoot?
- Bamboo shoot is a noun.
- What is the plural of bamboo shoot?
- The plural of bamboo shoot is bamboo shoots.
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