| Noun | 1. | Dendrocalamus - giant clump-forming bamboos liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae - bamboos Dendrocalamus giganteus, giant bamboo, kyo-chiku - immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks |