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English *noun*: bamboo
1.	bamboo (plant) the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
		Broader (hypernym)	wood
		Substance meronym	bamboo

2.	bamboo (plant) woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
		Broader (hypernym)	graminaceous plant, gramineous plant
		Narrower (hyponym)	Arundinaria gigantea, Arundinaria tecta, Bambusa vulgaris, black bamboo, cane reed, common bamboo, Dendrocalamus giganteus, fishpole bamboo, giant bamboo, giant cane, giant timber bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku, ku-chiku, kuri-chiku, kyo-chiku, madake, Phyllostachys aurea, Phyllostachys bambusoides, Phyllostachys nigra, small cane, switch cane
		Member meronym	Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae
		Substance holonym	bamboo

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