Bamboo vs. Wood — What's the Difference?

Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, but it probably comes from the Dutch or Portuguese language, which originally borrowed it from Malay or Kannada.In bamboo, as in other grasses, the internodal regions of the stem are usually hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross-section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement.

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic material – a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression.

Any of various usually woody, temperate or tropical plants chiefly of the genera Arundinaria, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Phyllostachys, or Sasa in the grass family. Certain species of bamboo can reach heights of 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 feet).

The hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber

The hard or woody, jointed, often hollow stems of these plants, used in construction and to make various kinds of utensils.

An area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees

Fabric or yarn manufactured from these plants.

The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin.

A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.

This tissue when cut and dried, used especially for building material and fuel.

(uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.

A growth of trees and other plants usually covering a smaller area than a forest.

(countable) A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used for corporal punishment.

A forest.

(slang) A didgeridoo.

(Music) A woodwind.

(slang) 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.

(Sports) Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots, having a bulbous head made of wood, metal, or graphite, and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft.

Made of the wood of the bamboo.

To fuel with wood.

(transitive) To flog with a bamboo cane.

To cover with trees; forest.

(transitive) To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo.

To gather or be supplied with wood.

To penetrate sexually.

Made or consisting of wood; wooden.

A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.

Used or suitable for cutting, storing, or working with wood.

To flog with the bamboo.

Woods Living, growing, or present in forests

The hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles

Mentally deranged.

Woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture

(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.

(countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.

A forested or wooded area.

Firewood.

A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.

(music) A woodwind instrument.

An erection of the penis.

Chess pieces.

A peckerwood.

(transitive) To cover or plant with trees.

To hide behind trees.

(transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

(intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.

(obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad.

To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.

To take or get a supply of wood.

A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; - frequently used in the plural.

The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.

The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.

Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.

The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

United States film actress (1938-1981)

English conductor (1869-1944)

English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)

United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)

Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

A golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available