Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, ...
is a group of woody plants in the true grass family Poaceae.
Bamboo may also refer to:
Geography
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Bamboo, Jamaica, a village
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Bamboo, Queensland
Bamboo is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland
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, a locality in Australia
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Bamboo Forest (Kyoto, Japan)
Bamboo Forest'', ''Arashiyama Bamboo Grove or Sagano Bamboo Forest, is a natural forest of bamboo in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. The forest consists mostly of mōsō bamboo (''Phyllostachys edulis'') and has several pathways for tourists and vi ...
, also called the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove or Sagano Bamboo Forest
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Bamboo Key, a coral island in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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Zhuzilin station (English translation: Bamboo Forest station), a station of Shenzhen Metro Line 1 in Futian District, Shenzhen, China
People
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Bamboo (rapper), Kenya emcee
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Bamboo Mañalac
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(born 1976), Filipino singer and former band vocalist
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Bamboo'' (album), 1996 album by Pierre Estève
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Bamboo (Filipino band)
Bamboo was a Filipino alternative rock band formed in 2003 by lead vocalist Bamboo Mañalac, bassist Nathan Azarcon, lead and rhythm guitarist Ira Cruz and drummer Vic Mercado.
Band origin
Francisco "Bamboo" Mañalac serves as the band's fro ...
, Filipino rock band
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Bamboo (British band)
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''Bamboo'' (book), collection of non-fiction works by Scottish writer William Boyd
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''Bamboo'' (1945 film), Spanish comedy
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Bamboo (2023 film), an Indian Marathi-language drama film
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Bamboo (production act)
Bamboo was a short-lived British house production act formed by producer Andrew Livingstone, formerly of Hed Boys (with Dave Lee/Joey Negro). It had a #2 hit in the UK Singles Chart with " Bamboogie" in 1998, which was based on a sample from the ...
, UK house music project
* "Bamboo," a song by Dave Van Ronk from the 1961 album ''
Van Ronk Sings''
* "Bamboo", a song by Joe Satriani from the 2004 album ''
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Other uses
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Bamboo (elephant), Asian elephant
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Bamboo Airways
Bamboo Airways JSC (), operating as Bamboo Airways, is a Vietnamese airline owned by the FLC Group, registered in Quy Nhơn, Vietnam, with a head office in Cầu Giấy District, Hanoi. Founded in 2017, the airline launched operations on 16 Janu ...
, an airline in Vietnam
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Bamboo (software), continuous integration software from Atlassian
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Bamboo (unit), an obsolete unit of measurement
See also
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Bamboo blossom
Bamboo blossoming is a natural phenomenon in which the bamboos in a location blossom and become hung with bamboo seeds.
Phenomenon
Bamboos usually have a lifecycle around 40 to 80 years, varying among species. Normally, new bamboos grow up from ...
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Bamboo Club, a chain of nightclubs
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Bamboo Engineering, a British auto racing team
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Bamboo processing machine Bamboo processing machines are used to prepare bamboo for use in manufacture of handicrafts, furniture and other products.
Bamboo processing tasks
Bamboo processing machines are usually built to perform a single task such as:
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Bamboo torture
Bamboo torture is a form of torture and execution where a bamboo shoot grows through the body of a victim, and is reported to have been used in East Asia, East and South Asia, South Asian countries such as China, India, and especially Japan, but w ...
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Bambu (disambiguation)
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Bambuseae
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Ceremonial pole
A ceremonial pole is a stake or post utilised or venerated as part of a ceremony or religious ritual. Ceremonial poles may symbolize a variety of concepts in different ceremonies and rituals practiced by a variety of cultures around the world. ...
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International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
The International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR) is an independent intergovernmental organization established in 1997 to develop and promote innovative solutions to poverty and environmental sustainability using bamboo and rattan.
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List of bamboo species
Bamboo is a group of woody perennial plants in the true grass family Poaceae. In the tribe ''Bambuseae'' also known as bamboo, there are 91 genera and over 1,000 species. The size of bamboo varies from small annuals to giant timber bamboo. Bamboo ...
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Lucky bamboo, ''Dracaena sanderiana'', a species of flowering plant that is not actually bamboo
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The Bamboos (disambiguation)
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Wacom Bamboo, a graphic tablet produced by Wacom
* Yellow Bamboo, a
Bali-based
martial art
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white magic
White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for selfless purposes. Practitioners of white magic have been given titles such as wise men or women, healers
Alternative medicine is any practice that aims t ...
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