|
| Caespitose : | growing in dense clumps. The rhizomes are not running and have a tendency not to spread. | |
| Culm : | the main stem of the Poaceae. When referring to bamboo, It is also called canes. | |
| Internode : | hollow section of culm, branch or rhizome between two nodes. | |
| Culm sheath : | plant casing attached to each node that wraps and protects the culm during growth. | |
| Glabrous : | hairless. | |
| Shoot : | the stage in the development of the bud before it becomes a culm with branches and leaves. | |
| Pruina : | a bloom, white waxy-looking deposit covering a vegetal element. | |
| Rhizome : | a horizontal and usually underground stem. | |
| Sulcus (intermodal sulcus) : | a groove or depression running along the internodes of culms or branches. | |
| Running : | this describes a bamboo whose rhizomes have a pronounced horizontal growth. They tend to develop along the surface of the soil. | |
| Turion : | a fleshy and tender young shoot emerging from the ground without branches or leaves. |
