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bamboo
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Bamboo
(gcide) | Bamboo \Bam*boo"\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"), n. [Malay bambu, mambu.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa,
growing in tropical countries.
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Note: The most useful species is Bambusa arundinacea, which
has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and
grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The
flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the
stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their
receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in
diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for
building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water
pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller
stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc.
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Bamboo
(gcide) | Bamboo \Bam*boo"\, v. t.
To flog with the bamboo.
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bamboo
(wn) | bamboo
n 1: the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction
and crafts and fishing poles
2: woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes
used for construction and furniture |
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bamboozle
(mass) | bamboozle
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bamboozle
(encz) | bamboozle,zmást v: Zdeněk Brož |
bamboozled
(encz) | bamboozled,napálil v: Zdeněk Brožbamboozled,ošidil v: Zdeněk Brožbamboozled,zmátl v: Zdeněk Brož |
common bamboo
(encz) | common bamboo, n: |
fishpole bamboo
(encz) | fishpole bamboo, n: |
giant bamboo
(encz) | giant bamboo, n: |
giant timber bamboo
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Bamboo
(gcide) | Bamboo \Bam*boo"\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"), n. [Malay bambu, mambu.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa,
growing in tropical countries.
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Note: The most useful species is Bambusa arundinacea, which
has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and
grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The
flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the
stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their
receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in
diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for
building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water
pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller
stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc.
[1913 Webster]Bamboo \Bam*boo"\, v. t.
To flog with the bamboo.
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bamboo brier
(gcide) | Bull brier \Bull" bri`er\ (Bot.)
A species of Smilax (Smilax Pseudo-China) growing from New
Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous
and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for
a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in
making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.
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Bamboo partridge
(gcide) | Partridge \Par"tridge\ (p[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche,
pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix,
-icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zool.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
the genus Perdix and several related genera of the
family Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is
noted as a game bird.
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Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
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Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
species.
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2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
to Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.]
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Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of
the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
(Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena
partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California
partridge (Callipepla Californica).
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3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
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Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus
Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the
East Indies.
Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa
(Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
(Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiace[ae],
having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under
Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
(Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the
Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell
(Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of
the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis.
Called also pheasant wood.
(b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge
(Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa
nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia;
called also jermoonal.
Spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small
Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.
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Bamboo rat
(gcide) | Rat \Rat\ (r[a^]t), n. [AS. r[ae]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato,
ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw.
r[*a]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown
origin. Cf. Raccoon.]
1. (Zool.) One of several species of small rodents of the
genus Rattus (formerly included in Mus) and allied
genera, of the family Muridae, distinguished from mice
primarily by being larger. They infest houses, stores, and
ships, especially the Norway rat, also called brown rat,
(Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus), the black
rat (Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus), and the roof
rat (formerly Mus Alexandrinus, now included in {Rattus
rattus}). These were introduced into America from the Old
World. The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is
primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus.
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2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material,
used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their
natural hair. [Local, U.S.]
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3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the
trades, one who works for lower wages than those
prescribed by a trades union. [Cant]
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Note: "It so chanced that, not long after the accession of
the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the
German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this
country (in some timber as is said); and being much
stronger than the black, or, till then, the common,
rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter.
The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first,
as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the
government of George the First, but has by degrees
obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to any
sudden and mercenary change in politics." --Lord Mahon.
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Bamboo rat (Zool.), any Indian rodent of the genus
Rhizomys.
Beaver rat, Coast rat. (Zool.) See under Beaver and
Coast.
Blind rat (Zool.), the mole rat.
Cotton rat (Zool.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon
hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and
Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious
to the crop.
Ground rat. See Ground Pig, under Ground.
Hedgehog rat. See under Hedgehog.
Kangaroo rat (Zool.), the potoroo.
Norway rat (Zool.), the common brown rat. See Rat.
Pouched rat. (Zool.)
(a) See Pocket Gopher, under Pocket.
(b) Any African rodent of the genus Cricetomys.
Rat Indians (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near
Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to the Athabascan stock.
Rat mole. (Zool.) See Mole rat, under Mole.
Rat pit, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be
killed by a dog for sport.
Rat snake (Zool.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas
mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters
dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.
Spiny rat (Zool.), any South American rodent of the genus
Echinomys.
To smell a rat. See under Smell.
Wood rat (Zool.), any American rat of the genus Neotoma,
especially Neotoma Floridana, common in the Southern
United States. Its feet and belly are white.
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Bamboozle
(gcide) | Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bamboozled (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bamboozling (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"zl[i^]ng).] [Said to be of Gipsy
origin.]
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to
hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.
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What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.
Newman.
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Bamboozled
(gcide) | Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bamboozled (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bamboozling (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"zl[i^]ng).] [Said to be of Gipsy
origin.]
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to
hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.
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What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.
Newman.
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Bamboozler
(gcide) | Bamboozler \Bam*boo"zler\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"zl[~e]r), n.
A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. [Colloq.]
--Arbuthnot.
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Bamboozling
(gcide) | Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bamboozled (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bamboozling (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"zl[i^]ng).] [Said to be of Gipsy
origin.]
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to
hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.
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What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.
Newman.
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bamboo curtain
(wn) | bamboo curtain
n 1: an ideological barrier around communist China especially in
the 1950s and 1960s |
bamboo fern
(wn) | bamboo fern
n 1: fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their
attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds [syn: {bamboo
fern}, Coniogramme japonica] |
bamboo palm
(wn) | bamboo palm
n 1: small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases
clothed with loose coarse fibers [syn: {miniature fan
palm}, bamboo palm, fern rhapis, Rhapis excelsa]
2: a palm of the genus Raffia [syn: bamboo palm, {Raffia
vinifera}] |
bamboo shoot
(wn) | bamboo shoot
n 1: edible young shoots of bamboo |
bamboozle
(wn) | bamboozle
v 1: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately
feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He
bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the
subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, {pull
the wool over someone's eyes}, lead by the nose, {play
false}] |
black bamboo
(wn) | black bamboo
n 1: small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
[syn: black bamboo, kuri-chiku, Phyllostachys nigra] |
common bamboo
(wn) | common bamboo
n 1: extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped
green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is
uncertain [syn: common bamboo, Bambusa vulgaris] |
fishpole bamboo
(wn) | fishpole bamboo
n 1: small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms
flexuous when young [syn: fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku,
hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea] |
giant bamboo
(wn) | giant bamboo
n 1: immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow
culms that resemble tree trunks [syn: giant bamboo, {kyo-
chiku}, Dendrocalamus giganteus] |
giant timber bamboo
(wn) | giant timber bamboo
n 1: large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and
perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere [syn: {giant timber
bamboo}, madake, ku-chiku, Phyllostachys bambusoides] |
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