Lexic.us

Definition of Black bamboo

1. Noun. Small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Bamboo

Literary usage of Black bamboo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chinese Repository (1835)
"The black bamboo is a favorite in the parterres and gardens of the rich. The process by which the color has been changed, from its natural yellow to a black ..."

2. Miscellaneous Remarks Upon the Government, History, Religions, Literature by John R. Peters (1849)
"The black bamboo is a favorite in the parterres and gardens of the rich. The process by which the color has been changed, from its natural yellow to a black ..."

3. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"... the purple or black bamboo, the golden bamboo, the solid bamboo (which ' is not a species, not even a variety, but merely a sport'), the square bamboo, ..."

4. Miscellaneous Remarks Upon the Government, History, Religions, Literature by John R. Peters (1846)
"The black bamboo is a favorite in the parterres and gardens of the rich. The process by which the color has been changed, from its natural yellow to a black ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"black bamboo. Fig. 186. Height 10-20 ft.: stems green at first, but changing to black the second year : Ivs. very thin, 2-6 in. long, 6-10 lines broad. ..."

6. The Chinese Repository (1835)
"The black bamboo is a favorite in the parterres and gardens of the rich. The process by which the color has been changed, from its natural yellow to a black ..."

7. Miscellaneous Remarks Upon the Government, History, Religions, Literature by John R. Peters (1849)
"The black bamboo is a favorite in the parterres and gardens of the rich. The process by which the color has been changed, from its natural yellow to a black ..."

8. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"... the purple or black bamboo, the golden bamboo, the solid bamboo (which ' is not a species, not even a variety, but merely a sport'), the square bamboo, ..."

9. Miscellaneous Remarks Upon the Government, History, Religions, Literature by John R. Peters (1846)
"The black bamboo is a favorite in the parterres and gardens of the rich. The process by which the color has been changed, from its natural yellow to a black ..."

10. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"black bamboo. Fig. 186. Height 10-20 ft.: stems green at first, but changing to black the second year : Ivs. very thin, 2-6 in. long, 6-10 lines broad. ..."

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