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BAMBUSA VULGARIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain

Synonyms:

Bambusa vulgaris; common bamboo

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Bambusa vulgaris" is a kind of...):

bamboo (woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture)

Meronyms (parts of "Bambusa vulgaris"):

bamboo shoot (edible young shoots of bamboo)

Holonyms ("Bambusa vulgaris" is a member of...):

Bambusa; genus Bambusa (tall tender clumping bamboos)

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