bamboo shoots
plural noun
the young shoots produced by the rhizome of a bamboo, used as a vegetable.
Origin of bamboo shoots
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby bamboo shoots
bambocciata,
bamboo,
bamboo curtain,
bamboo hair,
bamboo network,
bamboo shoots,
bamboo turning,
bamboo ware,
bamboozle,
ban,
ban-lon
Example sentences from the Web for bamboo shoots
"I'd hate to take our fee in bird's-nest soup, shark's fin, bamboo-shoots salad and ya ko main," mused Mr. Tutt.
Tutt and Mr. Tutt |Arthur Train