Buddha belly bamboo

noun

Cultivated varieties of either of two species of bamboo, Bambusa tuldoides and Bambusa vulgaris, with swollen internodes that look like a human torso with a fat belly when the plants are grown in pots.

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nounBuddha belly bamboo (usually uncountable, plural Buddha belly bamboos)

plural Buddha belly bamboos

  1. uncountableusuallyCultivated varieties of either of two species of bamboo, Bambusa tuldoides and Bambusa vulgaris, with swollen internodes that look like a human torso with a fat belly when the plants are grown in pots.
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