grama
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grama
1820–30, < Spanish grama < Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass
Example Sentences
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I leave clusters of rudbeckia stalks and gangly clumps of side oats grama.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Zachary Adams, owner of Country Style, confirmed that he and his family are well-aware of my grama and her pizza-loving posse's obsession with his pizza.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
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
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
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