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moso bamboo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
moso bam-boo
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) native to China, naturalized in Japan and other countries

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 孟宗竹 (mōsōchiku) from Chinese 孟宗竹 (mèngzōngzhú) or Chinese 毛竹 (máozhú)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 孟宗竹, 毛竹

Usage

Inflected Forms

moso bamboos (plural)

Questions

What does moso bamboo mean?
A species of bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) native to China, naturalized in Japan and other countries
Where does moso bamboo come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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