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

• arundinaria gigantea
• cane reed
• giant cane
• arundinaria tecta
• small cane
• switch cane
• bambusa vulgaris
• common bamboo
• black bamboo
• kuri-chiku
• phyllostachys nigra
• dendrocalamus giganteus
• giant bamboo
• kyo-chiku
• fishpole bamboo
• gosan-chiku
• hotei-chiku
• phyllostachys aurea
• giant timber bamboo
• ku-chiku
• madake
• phyllostachys bambusoides

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

• bambuseae
• tribe bambuseae

1. (noun) the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles

• wood

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

• graminaceous plant
• gramineous plant