bamboo shoot

bamboo shoot

noun

The young shoot of certain species of bamboo, sliced, cooked, and eaten as a vegetable, especially in East Asian cuisine.

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Noun

(plural bamboo shoots)

(chiefly in the plural) The edible shoot of either of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys) cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine

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