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KYO-CHIKU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
Synonyms:
Dendrocalamus giganteus; giant bamboo; kyo-chiku
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kyo-chiku" is a kind of...):
bamboo (woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture)
Holonyms ("kyo-chiku" is a member of...):
Dendrocalamus; genus Dendrocalamus (giant clump-forming bamboos)