| bamboo | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. bamboo | the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles. |
| ~ bamboo | woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture. |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| n. (plant) | 2. bamboo | woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture. |
| ~ graminaceous plant, gramineous plant | cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves. |
| ~ bambuseae, tribe bambuseae | bamboos. |
| ~ bamboo | the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles. |
| ~ bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo | extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain. |
| ~ arundinaria gigantea, cane reed, giant cane | tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets. |
| ~ arundinaria tecta, small cane, switch cane | small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States. |
| ~ dendrocalamus giganteus, giant bamboo, kyo-chiku | immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks. |
| ~ fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku, phyllostachys aurea | small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young. |
| ~ black bamboo, kuri-chiku, phyllostachys nigra | small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black. |
| ~ giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, madake, phyllostachys bambusoides | large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere. |
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