grama
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grama
1820–30, < Spanish grama < Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass
Example Sentences
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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
We take off the packs from the animals, and let them nibble away at the rich grama and gallinas grasses that flourish here after the summer rains.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton
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