giant timber bamboo

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giant timber bamboo - large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere

ku-chiku, madake, Phyllostachys bambusoides

bamboo - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture

genus Phyllostachys, Phyllostachys - medium and large bamboos

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