blue grama
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blue grama
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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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
While the pasture had been dominated by one type of grass, blue grama, "within three years we had 25 native grasses," she says.
From Time ● Sep. 7, 2010
Joe Haynes and his family turned part of their cedar-ravaged ranch back into little bluestem, blue grama grass, Indiangrass and four other native grasses that once flourished here in the Texas Hill Country.
From Time Magazine Archive
None was taken in the upland parts of the relict area where buffalo grass and blue grama dominated the association.
From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Martin, Edwin P.
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