noun
small bamboo; bamboo grass
Refers to small bamboo or bamboo grass, often of the genus Sasa or similar dwarf bamboos.
庭の隅に笹竹が生えている。
Small bamboo is growing in the corner of the garden.
笹竹で小さなかごを編んだ。
I wove a small basket from bamboo grass.
Compound of 笹 (sasa, 'bamboo grass') and 竹 (take, 'bamboo'), with rendaku voicing of take to dake.