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grama
or gram·ma
[ grah-muh ]
/ ˈgrɑ mə /
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noun
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis(blue grama ).
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Also called grama grass .
Origin of grama
1820–30, Americanism;<Spanish grama<Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass
Words nearby grama
grain sorghum, grainy, grallatorial, gralloch, gram, grama, gramadan, gramarye, gram-atom, gram calorie, gram equivalent
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grama
grama grass
/ (ˈɡrɑːmə) /
noun
any of various grasses of the genus Bouteloua, of W North America and South America: often used as pasture grasses
Word Origin for grama
C19: from Spanish, ultimately from Latin grāmen grass
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