Dictionary

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)

Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)

sliver (strand of loose fibers)

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)

shoots of this plant