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DENDROCALAMUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Giant clump-forming bamboos

Synonyms:

Dendrocalamus; genus Dendrocalamus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Dendrocalamus"):

Dendrocalamus giganteus; giant bamboo; kyo-chiku (immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks)

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

Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)

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