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English: bamboo grass

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English term or phrase:bamboo grass
Portuguese translation:bambu
Entered by:Jeovane Cazer
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Science - Botany / Plant Families and Groups
English term or phrase: bamboo grass
Angiosperms

Alopecurus
Jeovane Cazer
Brazil
bambu
Explanation:
* Do Oxford:
bamboo-grass - bamboo, or a grass that resembles it.
bamboo - A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics.

* Do Houaiss:
bambu - design. comum a várias spp. de cerca de 45 gên., da fam. das gramíneas, esp. as do gên. Bambusa; muitas são cultivadas por seus inúmeros usos: para ornamento, sombreira, quebra-vento, divisão de terras, produção de celulose, mobília, cestaria, fabrico de inúmeros artefatos, construção civil etc.; os brotos ger. são comestíveis e têm vários usos medicinais.
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Carlos Angelo
Brazil
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bambu

Explanation:
* Do Oxford:
bamboo-grass - bamboo, or a grass that resembles it.
bamboo - A genus of giant-grasses (genus Bambusa), numerous species of which are common throughout the tropics.

* Do Houaiss:
bambu - design. comum a várias spp. de cerca de 45 gên., da fam. das gramíneas, esp. as do gên. Bambusa; muitas são cultivadas por seus inúmeros usos: para ornamento, sombreira, quebra-vento, divisão de terras, produção de celulose, mobília, cestaria, fabrico de inúmeros artefatos, construção civil etc.; os brotos ger. são comestíveis e têm vários usos medicinais.

Carlos Angelo
Brazil
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