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| a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane | |||
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| woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture | |||
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| the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles | |||
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| physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) |