n. large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere. Syn. -- giant timber bamboo, ku-chiku, Phyllostachys bambusoides. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
‖n.; pl.Mesdames [ F., fr. ma my (L. mea) + dame dame. See Dame, and cf. Madonna. ] My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]