The story
- Chinese · borrowed from天竹“sky bamboo, heavenly bamboo”
- English todayheavenly bamboo
A calque of Chinese 天竹 (tiānzhú, “sky bamboo, heavenly bamboo”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
heavenly bamboo
Today it means: An Asian ornamental shrub in the family Berberidaceae, with foliage and unbranched stems that somewhat resembles one of the smaller bamboos, Nandina domestica. Full definition →
Chinese 天竹