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 

• MADAKE (noun)

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)