madake n 1: large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere [syn: {giant timber bamboo}, {madake}, {ku-chiku}, {Phyllostachys bambusoides}]
madake \madake\ n. large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere. Syn: giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, Phyllostachys bambusoides. [WordNet 1.5]