genus phyllostachys
Noun
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Medium and large bamboos (synset 112169479)
is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedmember holonym:
- 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 - bamboossame as: phyllostachys
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