okoro mulusa pine variety of bamboo, larger and stronger

Part of Speech

noun

• • variety of bamboo, larger and stronger
  • • Bot

  Literally	large-internode bamboo
  Scientific Name	Bambusa spp

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• Contains:
  • okoro bamboo / name of certain artefacts made of bamboo / a heavy bamboo, used as a stamping tube. Singers of buro bula okoro ‘bamboo songs’ stamp (~woi) the bamboo on the ground, thereby producing a deep sound as they sing along / a traditional knife made of bamboo; hence (modern) knife; bushknife, machete