bamboo shoot

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The young shoot of certain species of bamboo, sliced, cooked, and eaten as a vegetable, especially in East Asian cuisine.

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• noun The edible shoot of either of several species of bamboo (especially of the genera Dendrocalamus and Phyllostachys) cooked and eaten as a vegetable in Chinese and similar cuisine

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• noun edible young shoots of bamboo