KYO-CHIKU

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks

Synonyms:

Dendrocalamus giganteus; giant bamboo; kyo-chiku

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Dendrocalamus; genus Dendrocalamus (giant clump-forming bamboos)

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