Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
たけ > だけ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
 矢竹 on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun edit

()(だけ) or 矢竹(ヤダケ) (yadake

  1. arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).