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bamboo shoots

bamboo shoots is the plural of bamboo shoot.

Meaning of bamboo shoot

Noun

bamboo shoot (plural bamboo shoots)

  1. (in plural) 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.

Questions about bamboo shoots

What is bamboo shoots the plural of?
Bamboo shoots is the plural of bamboo shoot.

Words near bamboo shoots in the dictionary

  1. bamboo rat
  2. bamboo rats
  3. bamboo shark
  4. bamboo sharks
  5. bamboo shoot
  6. bamboo shoots
  7. bamboo torture
  8. bamboo vine
  9. bamboo vines
  10. bamboo wife
  11. bamboo wives

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