Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of tall woody grasses, allied to the bamboo, including about 25 species of America and Asia.

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  • noun North American bamboo

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Examples

  • The riverbanks are lined with Bambusa arundinaria.

    Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests 2008

  • This, the arundinaria of the Mississippi, (ludolfia, Willd., miegia of Persoon,) and the bamboos, are the highest gramens of the New Continent.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • A close underwood of arundinaria and sabal palms shut up the way and the view; trailing roots obstructed progress below; while higher up, the trelliswork of llianas, bamboo briars, sarsaparilla, and gigantic grape-vines, rendered it necessary to bend down in the saddle in order to pass onward.

    The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850

  • We shall see tall flags like Saracen spears, and the dark green culms of gigantic rushes, and the golden _arundinaria_ -- the bamboo, and "cana brava," -- that rival the forest trees in height.

    The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850

  • We shall see tall flags like Saracen spears, and the dark green culms of gigantic rushes, and the golden _arundinaria_ -- the bamboo, and "caña brava," -- that rival the forest trees in height.

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

  • On the first settlement of Kentucky, the borders of the river were found to be thickly set with cane, (arundinaria macrosperma of Michaux) and it was one of the strongest inducements with the first settlers to fix on a spot if cane was abundant.

    Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811 1819

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