| Noun | 1. | genus Phyllostachys - medium and large bamboos liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae - bamboos fishpole bamboo, gosan-chiku, hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea - small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young black bamboo, kuri-chiku, Phyllostachys nigra - small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, madake, Phyllostachys bambusoides - large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere |