女竹

From 女(め) (me, “female”) + 竹(たけ) (take, “bamboo”). The take changes to dake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) めだけ [méꜜdàkè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [me̞da̠ke̞]

女(め)竹(だけ) or 女竹(メダケ) • (medake) 

1. Pleioblastus simonii, a bamboo used in crafts and pre-modern construction.

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).