なよ竹たけ

noun

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

Specific botanical name for a species of bamboo. Rare term; usually written in kana.

• ナヨタケは、イネ科かの植しょく物ぶつの一いっ種しゅです。

  Simon bamboo is a species of grass in the Poaceae family.

noun

thin flexible bamboo

General term for any thin, pliant bamboo, not limited to a single species.

• 庭にわに細ほそくしなやかなナヨタケが生はえている。

  Thin, flexible bamboo is growing in the garden.