Akademik

Phyllostachys

noun

medium and large bamboos

• Syn: ↑genus Phyllostachys

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bambuseae, ↑tribe Bambuseae

• Member Meronyms:

↑fishpole bamboo, ↑gosan-chiku, ↑hotei-chiku, ↑Phyllostachys aurea, ↑black bamboo, ↑kuri-chiku, ↑Phyllostachys nigra, ↑giant timber bamboo, ↑madake, ↑ku-chiku, ↑Phyllostachys bambusoides

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\\fə̇ˈlästəkə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from phyll- + Greek stachys spike of grain — more at sting

: a genus of Chinese and Japanese bamboo grasses having slender cylindrical culms used especially for walking sticks and bamboo furniture

Useful english dictionary. 2012.