As nouns the difference between bamboo and punji
is that bamboo is a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe: Bambuseae tribe while punji is a sharpened bamboo stick set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers.
As an adjective bamboo
is made of the wood of the bamboo.
As a verb bamboo
is to flog with a bamboo cane.
bamboo
Noun
(
en noun)
A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
a didgeridoo
(slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.
Derived terms
* bamboo ceiling
* bamboo clam
* Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain
* bamboo man
Adjective
(-)
Made of the wood of the bamboo.
Verb
(
en verb)
To flog with a bamboo cane.
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punji
English
Noun
A sharpened bamboo stick set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers
Derived terms
* punji stick
* punji pit
See also
* (Punji stick)
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