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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 black
Familiarity information: BLACK BAMBOO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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