Definition of Phyllostachys nigra

1. Noun. Small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black.

Exact synonyms: Black Bamboo, Kuri-chiku
Generic synonyms: Bamboo
Group relationships: Genus Phyllostachys, Phyllostachys

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyllostachys Nigra

Phyllocladus
Phyllocladus alpinus
Phyllocladus asplenifolius
Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Phyllodoce
Phyllodoce breweri
Phyllodoce caerulea
Phylloporus
Phylloporus boletinoides
Phyllorhynchus
Phylloscopus
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Phyllostachys
Phyllostachys aurea
Phyllostachys bambusoides
Phyllostachys nigra (current term)
Phyllostomatidae
Phyllostomidae
Phyllostomus
Phyllostomus hastatus
Phylloxera vitifoleae
Phylloxeridae
PhyloCode
PhysEd
Physalis alkekengi
Physalis ixocarpa
Physalis peruviana
Physalis philadelphica
Physalis pruinosa
Physalis pubescens

Literary usage of Phyllostachys nigra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"A variety of Phyllostachys nigra, taller, and a looser and more free grower than the ... Another and still larger variety of Phyllostachys nigra, one of the ..."

2. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"A variety of Phyllostachys nigra, taller, and a looser and more free grower than the ... Another and still larger variety of Phyllostachys nigra, one of the ..."

3. The Bamboo Garden by Alfred Parsons (1896)
"It is the rhizome of Phyllostachys nigra which furnishes the tough and flexible Wang-hai cane of commerce, which I have already described as typical of the ..."

4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"Phyllostachys nigra. 40. Phyllostachys nigropunctata.—A variety of the last. 41. Phyllostachys Boryana.—Also supposed to be a variety of nigra, ..."

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