COMMON BAMBOO

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Meaning:

Extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain

Synonyms:

Bambusa vulgaris; common bamboo

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common bamboo" is a kind of...):

bamboo (woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture)

Meronyms (parts of "common bamboo"):

bamboo shoot (edible young shoots of bamboo)

Holonyms ("common bamboo" is a member of...):

Bambusa; genus Bambusa (tall tender clumping bamboos)