kuri-chiku

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   small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black

   Synonymsblack bambooPhyllostachys nigra

   Broaderbamboo

   Part ofPhyllostachys

Questions about kuri-chiku

What does kuri-chiku mean?

kuri-chiku means "small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black".

How many syllables are in kuri-chiku?

kuri-chiku has 4 syllables: ku-ri--chi-ku. The stress falls on "ri-".

What is another word for kuri-chiku?

Close synonyms include black bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kuri-chiku a common word?

kuri-chiku is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.