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painted bamboo

painted bamboo noun: a cultivar of common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris var. Vittata); a clumping bamboo with golden yellow culms with green vertical stripes.

painted bamboo: a cultivar of common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris var. Vittata); a clumping bamboo with golden yellow...
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Noun

painted bamboo (uncountable)

  1. A cultivar of common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris var. Vittata); a clumping bamboo with golden yellow culms with green vertical stripes.
    Synonyms:
    stripe bamboo, yellow bamboo, golden Hawaiian bamboo, jade stripe bamboo

Synonyms of painted bamboo

  • stripe bamboo
  • yellow bamboo
  • golden Hawaiian bamboo
  • jade stripe bamboo

Questions about painted bamboo

What does painted bamboo mean?
Painted bamboo means a cultivar of common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris var. Vittata); a clumping bamboo with golden yellow culms with green vertical stripes.
What part of speech is painted bamboo?
Painted bamboo is a noun.

Words near painted bamboo in the dictionary

  1. paintboxes
  2. paintbrush
  3. paintbrushes
  4. painted
  5. painted a rosy picture
  6. painted bamboo
  7. painted bat
  8. painted bats
  9. painted beauties
  10. painted beauty
  11. painted berrypecker

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