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Bambuseae

noun

bamboos

• Syn: ↑tribe Bambuseae

• Hypernyms: ↑tribe

• Member Holonyms:

↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family

• Member Meronyms:

↑bamboo, ↑Bambusa, ↑genus Bambusa, ↑Arundinaria, ↑genus Arundinaria, ↑Dendrocalamus, ↑genus Dendrocalamus, ↑Phyllostachys, ↑genus Phyllostachys

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\\-sēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Bambusa + -eae (feminine plural of -eus)

: a tribe of the family Gramineae comprising the bamboos and being characterized by perennial usually rhizomatous rootstocks that send up numerous culms which typically form clumps but are sometimes solitary or climbing

Useful english dictionary. 2012.