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ARUNDINARIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

North American bamboo

Synonyms:

Arundinaria; genus Arundinaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Arundinaria" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Arundinaria"):

Arundinaria gigantea; cane reed; giant cane (tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets)

Arundinaria tecta; small cane; switch cane (small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States)

Holonyms ("Arundinaria" is a member of...):

Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)

Derivation:

arundinaceous (of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria)

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