bamboo

1. The hard woody stems of bamboo plants;
   Used in construction and crafts and fishing poles (synset 112168056)
   is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
   substance meronym: bamboo - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
2. Woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems;
   Mature canes used for construction and furniture (synset 112167743)
   is a type of: graminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
   subtypes:

   • 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
   belongs to: bambuseae, tribe bambuseae - bamboos
   substance holonym: bamboo - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles

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