Assertion: bamboo's stem | /r/Synonym | culm
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text: Individual stems of bamboo are called culms.
text: The woody ringed stems, known as culms, are typically hollow between the rings (nodes).
text: The upright stems of bamboo are called culms, and they range in mature height from about a foot to well over 100 feet, depending on the species.
text: The other reason of course, is that they produce far more stems, which are actually called culms when you're talking about bamboo, and these are fantastic to cut to use in my vegie garden or for staking shrubs in the garden.
text: The woody ringed stems, known as culms, are typically hollow between the rings (nodes) and grow in branching clusters from a thick rhizome (underground stem).