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Noun: giant bamboo  'jI-unt bam'boo
  1. Immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
    - kyo-chiku, Dendrocalamus giganteus

Derived forms: giant bamboos

Type of: bamboo

Part of: Dendrocalamus, genus Dendrocalamus

Encyclopedia: Giant bamboo