whangee

Plural: whangees

Noun

• An Asian bamboo used for walking sticks and fishing rods.
• 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 cane made from whangee wood.

Examples

• That WHANGEE on the triple-word score was an unexpected and powerful play.