giant bamboo
- noun
- US
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bambú gigante
- In addition to the ease of harvesting, transporting, finishing, and handling, high tensile strength and resistance to compression make the giant bamboo ideal for building.
- stand of giant bamboo
Examples
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This house was made to be temporary, with giant bamboo pillars, a thatch roof, and mud walls.
Fiction book (2000) -
Almost every aspect of native life involved this giant bamboo, which in both areas supported what has been called a guadua civilization.
Academic text (1991) -
An extensive stand of giant bamboo (tabocal), identified by radar imagery in the Brazilian state of Acre (Sombroek 1966), has been determined to include three different species, none of them G. angustifolia.
Academic text (1991) -
The builders chose giant bamboo for its strength and flexibility, using it to construct a durable frame for the house.
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Local craftsmen often use giant bamboo to create furniture due to its sturdy yet lightweight properties.
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In Southeast Asia, giant bamboo grows extraordinarily tall, reaching heights that can rival small trees.
Synonyms
A very large bamboo from Southeast Asia with strong hollow stems like tree trunks
A very large bamboo with thick hollow stems like tree trunks used for building
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Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'giant' (very large) modifies 'bamboo' (a type of plant), so the meaning 'a very large bamboo' is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional ADJ+NOUN pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Giant bamboo: The noun giant bamboo comes from the simple image of very tall bamboo stalks that look like tree trunks. People called these plants giant because of their thick, strong stems that can be 'used like wood', so the name means 'a very large bamboo plant'.