grama

American  

[grah-muh] / ˈgrɑ mə /

Or gramma

noun

1. any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis blue grama.

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grama British  

/ ˈɡrɑːmə /

noun

1. any of various grasses of the genus Bouteloua, of W North America and South America: often used as pasture grasses

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Etymology

Origin of grama

1820–30, < Spanish grama < Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass

Example Sentences

Or at least that's what grama taught me during my last trip.

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

All these goldenrods would pair nicely with ornamental grasses such as pink muhly grass, blue grama grass or switch grasses, along with half-hardy and tender ornamental sages.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2017

The leaked brine killed every sprig of grama and bluestem grasses and shinnery shrubs it touched.

From US News • Sep. 8, 2015

This is the "grama" or "buffalo-grass," and, despite its look of utter desiccation, is highly nutritious.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

Related Words

• barley
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