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| Caesipitose |
| Tufted, growing in a clump |
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| Canopy |
| Layer or multiple layers of branches and foliage at the top of a bamboo plant system |
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| Carbonisation |
| Burning bamboo, any biomass or coal with insufficient air to remove the volatiles. Charcoal, which has higher carbon content and calorific value, is produced from carbonisation. |
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| Caryopsis |
| Fruit of grass, in which the outer layer (testa) of the seed proper is fused to the ovary wall; one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit; grain of the fruit of grasses |
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| Cellulose |
| A polysaccharide compound of hundreds of cellulose units (composed of two glucose molecules combined in inverted structure) arranged in a chain like pattern; main compound of cell wall |
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| Chevron pattern |
| A v-shaped pattern |
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| Ciliate |
| Fringed with fine hairs |
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| Climber |
| A herbaceous or woody plant that climbs up trees or other support by twining round them or by holding on to them by tendrils, hooks, aerial roots or other attachments |
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| Clone |
| a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction. |
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| Clump |
| The whole bamboo plant, consisting of many culms grouped in a cluster, is called a clump. |
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| Complete Fertiliser |
| Plant food that contains all three of the primary elements: nitrogen,phosphorus and potassium |
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| Composite |
| A composite material is a heterogeneous combination of two or more materials, differing in form or composition on a macro scale. The combination results in materials that maximize specific performance properties. |
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| Compost |
| An organic soil amendment based on the decomposition of organic matter |
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| Compressive strength |
| The ability of a material to resist a force that tends to crush. |
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| Conjugate |
| Joined together |
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| Coriaceous |
| Of leathery texture |
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| Cortex |
| Outer part of a culm or rhizome, between the epidermis and the ground tissue |
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| Culm |
| Most clearly identified as ‘bamboo’, it is the pole or stem that extends from the rhizome, growing vertically. The aerial axis of the bamboo plant, divided into nodes and internodes |
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| Culm Internode |
| Part of the culm between two successive nodes |
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| Culm Leaf |
| Modified leaf in a bamboo culm, which generally consists of a blade, a large sheath, ligule and two auricles |
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| Culm Sheath |
| Same as culm leaf |
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| Cutting |
| plant section that can be placed in soil or water to root |
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