Arundinaria

noun

North American bamboo

• Syn: ↑genus Arundinaria

• Derivationally related forms: ↑arundinaceous

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bambuseae, ↑tribe Bambuseae

• Member Meronyms: ↑giant cane, ↑cane reed, ↑Arundinaria gigantea, ↑small cane, ↑switch cane, ↑Arundinaria tecta

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\\əˌrəndəˈna(a)rēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin arundin-, arundo, harundin-, harundo reed + New Latin -aria

: a genus of large woody bamboo grasses that are natives of Asia and America and have terete culms, persistent leaf sheaths with stiff scabrous bristles, and flower spikelets arranged in racemes or panicles — compare canebrake, giant cane, small cane