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Definition of Phyllostachys nigra
1. Noun. Small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black.
Generic synonyms: Bamboo
Group relationships: Genus Phyllostachys, Phyllostachys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyllostachys Nigra
Literary usage of Phyllostachys nigra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"A variety of Phyllostachys nigra, taller, and a looser and more free grower than the
... Another and still larger variety of Phyllostachys nigra, one of the ..."
2. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"A variety of Phyllostachys nigra, taller, and a looser and more free grower than the
... Another and still larger variety of Phyllostachys nigra, one of the ..."
3. The Bamboo Garden by Alfred Parsons (1896)
"It is the rhizome of Phyllostachys nigra which furnishes the tough and flexible
Wang-hai cane of commerce, which I have already described as typical of the ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"Phyllostachys nigra. 40. Phyllostachys nigropunctata.—A variety of the last. 41.
Phyllostachys Boryana.—Also supposed to be a variety of nigra, ..."