What is "madake"

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.

n. large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere [syn: giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, Phyllostachys bambusoides]