🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

germoglio di bambù

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jer-mo-gljo di bam-bu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bamboo shoot/ˈbæm.buː ʃuːt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"I germogli di bambù arricchiscono il sapore del piatto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The edible new, tender bamboo shoots that come out of the ground from bamboo plants, widely used in Asian cooking.

    "The chef added freshly sliced bamboo shoots to the vegetable stir-fry."
  2. 2

    The immature, cylindrical stem of certain bamboo species before they lignify and become woody.

    "Pandas frequently forage for bamboo shoots as a primary source of nutrients."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'bamboo', derived from the Dutch or Portuguese word 'bamboe' originating from Malay 'bambu', and 'shoot', from Old English 'scēotan', meaning a young branch or growth sprouting from a plant.

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