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PHYLLOSTACHYS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium and large bamboos
Synonyms:
genus Phyllostachys; Phyllostachys
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phyllostachys" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Phyllostachys"):
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)
Holonyms ("Phyllostachys" is a member of...):
Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)
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