It is an imported word from Malaya via the Dutch language - bamboe
The word "bamboo" comes from the Dutch or Portuguese word "bamboe" or "bambu," which in turn has its roots in Malay or Kannada.
It is a Malay word - Bambu or Samambu - imported into the English language in the late 1500's
the name panda means bamboo bear and pandas eat bamboo.
Bambú is the Spanish word for bamboo.
There is no abstract noun for the concrete noun 'bamboo', a word for a physical plant, a word for a physical substance.
The vowel with primary stress in the word "bamboo" is the second "a" sound.
"Take (竹)" is for bamboo. "Takenoko (竹の子)" is for a bamboo shoot.
Bamboo is " Bash" ( a pronounced as "a" in the word 'father')
Bamboo in Indonesian writing is bambu.
Koalas' diets consist mostly of bamboo.
Malaysia
bamboo is a word and a plant but not a phrase "take"