bamboo shoot

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounbamboo shoot (plural bamboo shoots)

plural bamboo shoots

  1. in pluralThe 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.

Translations

Bengali বাঁশ কোড়ল
  • বাঁশ কোড়ল (bãś kōṛol)edible part of some bamboo types
Chinese Cantonese 竹筍 /竹笋
  • 竹筍 /竹笋 (zuk¹ seon²)edible part of some bamboo types
Chinese Mandarin 竹筍 /竹笋
  • 竹筍 /竹笋 (zhúsǔn)edible part of some bamboo types
Danish bambusskud
  • bambusskudedible part of some bamboo types
Finnish bambuverso
  • bambuversoedible part of some bamboo types
French pousses de bambou
  • pousses de bambouedible part of some bamboo types
German Bambusspross
  • Bambussprossedible part of some bamboo types
Indonesian rebung
  • rebungedible part of some bamboo types
Japanese 筍, 竹の子
  • 筍 (takenoko)edible part of some bamboo types
  • 竹の子 (takenoko)edible part of some bamboo types
Korean 죽순, 참대순
  • 죽순 (juksun)edible part of some bamboo types
  • 참대순 (chamdaesun)edible part of some bamboo types
Malay rebung
  • rebungedible part of some bamboo types
Norwegian Bokmål bambusskudd
  • bambusskuddedible part of some bamboo types
Polish pęd bambusa
  • pęd bambusaedible part of some bamboo types
Portuguese broto de bambu
  • broto de bambuedible part of some bamboo types
Russian побе́ги бамбу́ка
  • побе́ги бамбу́ка (pobégi bambúka)edible part of some bamboo types
Swedish bambuskott
  • bambuskottedible part of some bamboo types
Tagalog labong
  • labongedible part of some bamboo types
Thai หน่อไม้
  • หน่อไม้ (nɔ̀ɔ-máai)edible part of some bamboo types
Vietnamese măng
  • măngedible part of some bamboo types
Cite this entry
APA

bamboo shoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bamboo%20shoot

MLA

“bamboo shoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bamboo%20shoot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bamboo shoot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bamboo%20shoot.

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