GENUS DENDROCALAMUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Giant clump-forming bamboos

Synonyms:

Dendrocalamus; genus Dendrocalamus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Dendrocalamus" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dendrocalamus"):

Dendrocalamus giganteus; giant bamboo; kyo-chiku (immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks)

Holonyms ("genus Dendrocalamus" is a member of...):

Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)