fishpole bamboo
Definition
Noun: * Fishpole bamboo: A specific type of bamboo plant, Phyllostachys aurea, native to southeastern China. It is characterized by its relatively small size and slender stems (culms) that are notably flexible or bending when the plant is young.
Usage
This term is used specifically to refer to this botanical species, often in gardening, horticulture, or botanical contexts. * The fishpole bamboo is popular in gardens for its graceful, arching form. * We planted a hedge of fishpole bamboo along the fence line.
Advanced Usage
- The flexibility of its young culms is a defining characteristic mentioned in its name and description.
- It is also known as golden bamboo or monk's belly bamboo due to the distinctive swollen internodes on some of its culms.
Variants and Related Words
- Golden bamboo: A common alternative name for the same species ().
- Bamboo (n): The general term for the giant grass plants of the subfamily Bambusoideae, to which fishpole bamboo belongs.
Synonyms
- Golden bamboo
- (scientific name)
Related Phrases/Compounds
- Bamboo pole: A general term for a cut stem of bamboo, which could be made from various species, including fishpole bamboo.
- Bamboo grove: A group or cluster of bamboo plants.
Noun
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small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young
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