fishpole bamboo fish·po·le·bamboo uncommon noun 1. small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young Synonymsfishpole bamboogosan-chikuhotei-chikuPhyllostachys aurea Related words Broader terms bamboo Parts Phyllostachys WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.