grama
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grama
1820–30, < Spanish grama < Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass
Example Sentences
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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
Specific to Arizona, galleta, sand dropseed, Indian rice grass and grama grass are better for growing during a drought than fescue, rye and Kentucky bluegrass, Hauser says.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021
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, buffalo and bunch varieties cure on the stem, and furnish throughout the winter an excellent ranging food.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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