Dendrocalamus

noun

Den·​dro·​calamus

ˌden(ˌ)drō+

: a small genus of large Asian bamboos with long panicles of globular clusters of flowers succeeded by small fruits with thick hard walls

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from dendr- + Latin calamus reed

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