noun
Refers to a thicket or cluster of bamboo plants.
裏山に小さな竹叢がある。
There is a small bamboo grove on the hill behind the house.
竹林 is a more common word for bamboo grove or bamboo forest; 竹叢 is less frequent and may carry a slightly more literary or rustic nuance.
Compound of 竹 (bamboo) and 叢 (thicket, grove). The reading たかむら is a kun'yomi compound.