moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens);  tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots
 soot-colored bamboo (coloured);  bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
 split bamboo;  bamboo slat;  bamboo split;  noisy bamboo baton used by night watchmen (Edo period)
 bamboo arrow shaft;  arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides);  giant timber bamboo;  madake
 bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire
 blue-green;  malachite green;  color of green bamboo
 any of the larger varieties of bamboo
 sheathing (under thatched roofing);  decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)
 Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)