Whangee
Origin
From Mandarin 黃藜 (huánglÃ).
Full definition of whangee
Noun
whangee
(plural whangees)- Any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos, hardy evergreen plants from Japan, China and the Himalayas with woody stems sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.
- A Whangee wood.
- 1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, Filibuster Chapter 2, “One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler#Noun