grama
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grama
1820–30, < Spanish grama < Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass
Example Sentences
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I leave clusters of rudbeckia stalks and gangly clumps of side oats grama.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Or at least that's what grama taught me during my last trip.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
With some luck, Kaiser said, next year nature will launch its own recovery as big galleta, black grama and other native perennial grasses start poking through the ashen ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2020
The leaked brine killed every sprig of grama and bluestem grasses and shinnery shrubs it touched.
From US News ● Sep. 8, 2015
None was taken in the upland parts of the relict area where buffalo grass and blue grama dominated the association.
From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Martin, Edwin P.
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