grama
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grama
1820–30, < Spanish grama < Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass
Example Sentences
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I love watching the early birds skitter through the brown clutter in our side yard, hopping from one clump to the next, selecting long stalks of dried side oats grama for their nests.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023
My grama, who just turned 90 in September, wholeheartedly agrees, arguing that it's life's most simple and unassuming pleasures that keep her so upbeat and optimistic.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022
Other recent blooms include a native grass called needle grama, brittle creosote, desert senna, Acton encelia or brittlebush, and big galleta grass.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2021
The leaked brine killed every sprig of grama and bluestem grasses and shinnery shrubs it touched.
From US News • Sep. 8, 2015
The grama grass is very short, the leaves being usually not more than 2 or 3 inches in length and crowded together at the base of the stems.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by Hornaday, William Temple
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