fishpole bamboo

8.6

A small bamboo from southeast China with thin stems that bend easily when young

noun

: bambú de caña de pescar

The craftsman used fishpole bamboo for making traditional fishing rods.

Examples

Young fishpole bamboo stalks are so flexible that they almost bend to the ground.
The gardener planted fishpole bamboo along the fence.
The garden featured a grove of fishpole bamboo swaying in the wind.
Do you know about fishpole bamboo?
The craftsman used fishpole bamboo for making traditional fishing rods.
Young fishpole bamboo stalks are so flexible that they almost bend to the ground.
The garden featured a grove of fishpole bamboo swaying in the wind.

Synonyms

gosan-chiku

vsfishpole bamboo

Specialized

9.9

A small bamboo from southeast China with thin flexible stems when young

is described for its slender flexible young stems without cultivation note

Phyllostachys aurea

vsfishpole bamboo

Specialized

9.9

A small bamboo from southeast China grown as a garden plant for its golden stems

focuses on the natural slender flexible young stems rather than cultivation

hotei-chiku

vsfishpole bamboo

Specialized

9.9

A small bamboo from southeast China that bends easily and is grown in gardens

emphasizes natural stem flexibility when young rather than garden use

Surface Forms

fishpole bamboo singular

fishpole bamboos plural

Morphology

fishpole + bamboo

The compound denotes a type of bamboo characterized as suitable for use as a fishing pole, so its meaning can be directly inferred from 'fish'/'pole' + 'bamboo'. Noun–noun compounding of this sort is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely understand the MWE.

Etymology

Fishpole bamboo comes from how people used this small bamboo to make fishpole or 'fishing rods'. The young, thin stalks bend like a 'fishing pole', so the name means 'a thin, very flexible bamboo used for rods'.