"black bamboo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black bamboos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} black bamboo (countable and uncountable, plural black bamboos)
  1. Phyllostachys nigra, native to Hunan province in China and widely cultivated, used for lumber as well as in gardens. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Bamboos Hyponyms (Phyllostachys nigra): henon bamboo (taxonomic: Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis) Translations (Phyllostachys nigra): 紫竹 (zi² zuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 紫竹 (zǐzhú) (Chinese Mandarin)

Inflected forms

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