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BLACK BAMBOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black bamboo mean? 

BLACK BAMBOO (noun)
  The noun BLACK BAMBOO has 1 sense:

1. small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining blackplay

  Familiarity information: BLACK BAMBOO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACK BAMBOO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black bamboo; kuri-chiku; Phyllostachys nigra

Hypernyms ("black bamboo" is a kind of...):

bamboo (woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture)

Holonyms ("black bamboo" is a member of...):

genus Phyllostachys; Phyllostachys (medium and large bamboos)


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