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Bambusa

noun

tall tender clumping bamboos

• Syn: ↑genus Bambusa

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bambuseae, ↑tribe Bambuseae

• Member Meronyms: ↑common bamboo, ↑Bambusa vulgaris

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\\bamˈbyüsə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Dutch bamboes bamboo, modification of Malay bambu

: a genus (tribe Bambuseae) comprising typical bamboos that are woody or arborescent grasses native to the warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and So. America sometimes attaining a height of 120 feet, growing in clumps, and having spikelets bearing several flowers

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bambusa

see bamboo.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.