Any of the woody or treelike tropical and semitropical grasses of the genera Bambusa, Phyllosyachys, Dendrocalamus, and allied genera, having woody, hollow stems and stalked blades and flowering only after years of growth. The stalk is used as a building material and for making furniuture.
Broader Terms
grass (1121)
Narrower Terms
split bamboo (66)
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