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MADAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does madake mean?
• MADAKE (noun)
The noun MADAKE has 1 sense:
1. large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere
Familiarity information: MADAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
giant timber bamboo; ku-chiku; madake; Phyllostachys bambusoides
Hypernyms ("madake" is a kind of...):
bamboo (woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture)
Holonyms ("madake" is a member of...):
genus Phyllostachys; Phyllostachys (medium and large bamboos)
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