Aurea
-
Golden
Arundinaria
- bamboo genus distinguished by erect, smooth culms that are round
in cross section. They do not have the groove or "sulcis"
of the Phyllostachys genus. Culm sheaths are persistent.
Auricle
- an earlike growth on on culm sheaths
Bloom
- white deposit on new culms of bamboo.
Calamus
- reed
Chimonobambusa
- bamboo genus named for the fact it shoots in late fall or winter
(Greek -cheimon -winter)
Clone
- group of cultivated plants reproduced from one original plant by
vegetative means
Culm
- bamboo cane.
Culm
Sheath - a protective covering on bamboo culms, attached
at each node.
Edulis
- edible
Flexuosus
- zigzag or bending
Glabrous
- smooth, without hairs
Glaucous
- dull, bluish green
Gramineus
- grasslike
Internode
- a segment of culm or rhizome between nodes
Ligule
- a protective lip or rim at the tip of a culm sheath where the sheath
blade attaches
Monopodal
- describes the long rhizome of running (temperate) bamboos
Node
- This is the joint (partition or diaphram) between the hollow segments
of a bamboo culm or rhizome
Oral
setae - these are the hairs on auricles of culm sheaths
Persistent
- used to describe culm sheaths that remain in place after a culm
has matured
Phyllostachys
- a bamboo genus with distinct grooves (sulcis) on the culms
P.I.
- plant introduction number assigned by USDA
Pubescens
- hairy
Pygmaeus
- dwarf, very small
Rhizome
- this is root-like underground stem. These store food and have buds
from which new culms emerge above ground.
Sheath
- see Culm Sheath above
Shoot
- a young, new culm. As new culms emerge from the ground they are
called "shoots"
Sulcis - the groove on the culms(canes) of species
in the Phyllostachys genus.
Sympodal
- clumping bamboo rhizomes
Viridi-glaucescens
- bluish green
Viridis
- green
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