whangee Hear it!

whangee definition

whangee (hwaŋ′ē, waŋ′-)

noun

  1. any of various related Chinese and Japanese bamboos (genus Phyllostachys)
  2. a walking stick of whangee

Etymology: Chin huang-i < huang, a hard kind of bamboo + i, to lean on

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.