Meanings
nountortoise-shell bamboo (usually uncountable, plural tortoise-shell bamboos)
plural tortoise-shell bamboos
- uncountableusuallymoso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)
Origin
From tortoiseshell + bamboo (from the appearance of the stems).
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tortoise-shell bamboo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortoise-shell%20bamboo
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“tortoise-shell bamboo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortoise-shell%20bamboo. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tortoise-shell bamboo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tortoise-shell%20bamboo.
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