black bamboo

English

black bamboo

Noun

black bamboo (countable and uncountable, plural black bamboos)

1. Phyllostachys nigra, native to Hunan province in China and widely cultivated, used for lumber as well as in gardens.

Hyponyms

• (Phyllostachys nigra): henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis)

Translations

Phyllostachys nigra

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紫竹 (zi² zuk¹)

  Mandarin: 紫竹 (zh) (zǐzhú)

Further reading

• Phyllostachys nigra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phyllostachys nigra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phyllostachys nigra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons