noun
large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere
• Syn: ↑giant timber bamboo, ↑madake, ↑ku-chiku
• Hypernyms: ↑bamboo
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phyllostachys, ↑genus Phyllostachys
Useful english dictionary. 2012.