Wāng-hee', n.

n. [Chin. wang, yellow, and hee, a root.] A species of tough, flexible cane, imported from the East, said to be the root of the narrow-leaved bamboo. It has a pale, hard bark, and flexible stem, with internodes of about an inch and a half or two inches, and a number of little holes at the knots. [Written also wangee, whangee, and whanghee.] Simmonds.