Meanings
nounblack bamboo (countable and uncountable, plural black bamboos)
plural black bamboos
- countableuncountablePhyllostachys nigra, native to Hunan province in China and widely cultivated, used for lumber as well as in gardens.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
Similar
kuri-chikuPhyllostachys nigra
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 紫竹
- 紫竹 (zi² zuk¹)Phyllostachys nigra
Chinese Mandarin 紫竹
- 紫竹 (zǐzhú)Phyllostachys nigra
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Chicago
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