Definition of Black grama

1. Noun. A pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America).

Exact synonyms: Bouteloua Eriopoda
Generic synonyms: Grama, Grama Grass, Gramma, Gramma Grass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Grama

black elderberry
black eye
black eyes
black felt cup
black fever
black flag
black flags
black fly
black fox
black friar
black friars
black fritillary
black game
black garden ant
black gold
black grama (current term)
black greasewood
black grouse
black grouses
black guillemot
black guillemots
black gum
black gums
black hairstreak
black hairstreaks
black hat
black hats
black haw
black heel
black hellebore

Literary usage of Black grama

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"There is a second species of grama grass called black grama (Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. ... black grama closely resembles blue grama but is found especially on ..."

2. The History of Arizona from the Earliest Times Known to the People of Europe by Sidney Randolph De Long, Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society (1905)
"On the lower table-lands these grasses do not grow, but their places are taken by the white and black grama. The white is the hardier, and in most places ..."

3. The Santa Rita Experimental Range: History and Annotated Bibliography (1903 by Alvin L. Medina (1997)
"Ninety percent of black grama plants and more than 98% of lovegrass plants were killed. Many new lovegrass seedlings became established on both areas ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"25), although the black grama ... Buffalo grass, on the other hand, is rather rarely found, its place being taken by the black grama. ..."

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