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
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
There the grama grass is longer and more luxuriant than in the immediate neighbourhood of the spring.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
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