bamboo shoot
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈbæmˌbuː ʃuːt/
:
brote de bambú
- These are my real bamboo shoots that I planted myself seven years ago.
- canned bamboo shoots
- sliced bamboo shoots
- stir in bamboo shoots
Examples
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"The main dish in our meals is bamboo shoots taken from the forests," said a woman named Xa Thi Gan.
Blog text (14) -
Stir in the bamboo shoots and the rest of the ingredients except the spinach.
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All she brought home were some bamboo shoots.
Fiction book (2002) -
The fresh bamboo shoots on the counter were still covered with damp, spring earth, filling the shop with the smell of the young forest.
Fiction book (1996) -
He is vegetarian; loves bamboo shoots.
Blog text (23) -
And so over here we've got some tripe, we've got some fish balls, some bamboo shoots, beef, tofu, vegetables.
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This time we cooked Beef Kurmah from Malaysia, Singaporean Fried Noodles, and bamboo shoots with chicken from Thailand.
Blog text (13) -
So it was that she had to find some bamboo shoots to eat or beg a little changkaruk, the cooked, dried rice that pilgrims carry on their way to the shrine.
Fiction book (1999) -
Add chicken breast, bamboo shoots, and onions, and cook until the chicken is no longer pink.
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If you shop at an Oriental market, pick up a vacuum-packed parboiled bamboo shoot.
Synonyms
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3.0
A new branch or stem that grows from a plant
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Morphology
The meaning 'the young, edible shoot of a bamboo plant' is directly built from 'bamboo' (the plant) + 'shoot' (a newly emerged sprout), so a learner who knows both words can compose the meaning. This noun+noun compound is transparent and cross-linguistically common (many languages name plant sprouts the same way), so it should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bamboo shoot names the young, tender shoot that grows from a bamboo plant. Because people harvest and cook these new stems as a 'vegetable', the phrase now means the edible young growth used in many Asian dishes.