variant of 筍|笋[sun3]

winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)

springtime bamboo shoots; fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate

stalagmite

bamboo shoot

celtuce; stem lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. asparagina), aka Chinese lettuce

(dialect) see 茭白[jiao1 bai2]

Le Duan (1907-1986), Vietnamese communist politician

baby corn

edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo

lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth; many new things emerge in rapid succession