DENDROCALAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dendrocalamus mean? 

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

1. giant clump-forming bamboos

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENDROCALAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giant clump-forming bamboos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dendrocalamus; genus Dendrocalamus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Dendrocalamus"):

Dendrocalamus giganteus; giant bamboo; kyo-chiku (immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks)

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

Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)