KU-CHIKU

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere

Synonyms:

giant timber bamboo; ku-chiku; madake; Phyllostachys bambusoides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ku-chiku" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("ku-chiku" is a member of...):

genus Phyllostachys; Phyllostachys (medium and large bamboos)

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