neuter
a joint or knot (of reed, etc.)
Phalu [cf. Vedic paru] a knot or joint in a reed, only in compound °bīja (plants) springing (or propagated) from a joint D I 5; Vin IV 34, 35.
【中】 （蘆葦等的）節。~bīja,【中】（竹等）産出植物的節。
(nt, nt) (of bamboo) joint; knot; node joint or knot (of reed, etc.)