grama
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grama
1820–30, < Spanish grama < Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen grass
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I love watching the early birds skitter through the brown clutter in our side yard, hopping from one clump to the next, selecting long stalks of dried side oats grama for their nests.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
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
The leaked brine killed every sprig of grama and bluestem grasses and shinnery shrubs it touched.
From US News ● Sep. 8, 2015
The grass, consisting of several varieties of the grama, is of a superior quality, and grows luxuriantly.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
