ARUNDINARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arundinaria mean? 

• ARUNDINARIA (noun)
  The noun ARUNDINARIA has 1 sense:

1. North American bamboo

  Familiarity information: ARUNDINARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARUNDINARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American bamboo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arundinaria; genus Arundinaria

Hypernyms ("Arundinaria" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Arundinaria"):

Arundinaria gigantea; cane reed; giant cane (tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets)

Arundinaria tecta; small cane; switch cane (small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States)

Holonyms ("Arundinaria" is a member of...):

Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)

Derivation:

arundinaceous (of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria)