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The edible shoot of any of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys), cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
edible young shoots of bamboo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg
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Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Assamese:
বাঁহগাজ
(bãhgaz)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Atayal:
ali
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Bahnar:
tơʼbăng
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Bengali:
বাঁশ কোড়ল
(bãś kōṛol)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Burmese:
မျှစ်
(hmyac)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Chinese Cantonese:
竹筍 /竹笋
(zuk1 seon2)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Chinese Mandarin:
竹筍 /竹笋
(zhúsǔn)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Danish:
bambusskud
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Finnish:
bambuverso
— edible part of some bamboo types
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French:
pousses de bambou
— edible part of some bamboo types
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German:
Bambusspross
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Ilocano:
rabong
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Indonesian:
rebung
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Japanese:
筍
(takenoko)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Japanese:
竹の子
(takenoko)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Javanese:
ꦧꦸꦔ꧀
(bung)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Kankanaey:
alabong
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Kannada:
ಕಳಲೆ
(kaḷale)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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S'gaw Karen:
ဘီၣ်
(baẁ)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Khmer:
ទំពាំង
(tumpĕəng)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Korean:
죽순
(juksun)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Korean:
참대순
(chamdaesun)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Malay:
rebung
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Mon:
တ္ၜၚ်
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bambusskudd
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Odia:
କରଡି
(karaḍi)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Polish:
pęd bambusa
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Portuguese:
broto de bambu
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Russian:
побе́ги бамбу́ка
(pobégi bambúka)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Sundanese:
ᮄᮝᮥᮍ᮪
(iwung)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Swedish:
bambuskott
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Tagalog:
labong
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Tausug:
dabung
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Thai:
หน่อไม้
(nɔ̀ɔ-máai)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Thao:
qati
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Thavung:
บัง
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Tulu:
ಕಣಿಲೆ
(kaṇile)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Uyghur:
بامبۇك نوتىسى
(bambuk notisi)
— edible part of some bamboo types
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Vietnamese:
măng
— edible part of some bamboo types