bamboos

noun

1. A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the Bambuseae tribe.
2. The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
3. A didgeridoo.
4. A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.