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Definition of Grama
1. Noun. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Bouteloua, Genus Bouteloua
Specialized synonyms: Blue Grama, Bouteloua Gracilis, Black Grama, Bouteloua Eriopoda
Definition of Grama
1. Noun. a type of grass, ''Bouteloua oligostachya'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grama
1. a pasture grass [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grama
Literary usage of Grama
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"Rachilla prolonged. Stamens 3. Stigmas purple. Tall grama Bouteloua ... TALL grama
The gramas, or Mesquites, are characteristic grasses of the Southwest, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... and, no doubt, exists in solution as an equilibrated mixture of stereoisomeric -y-oxide
forms, To prepare this, 4 grama oí ..."
3. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"from the camp to the upper end of the canon, the grass was very fine grama, and
will furnish at any time fine camps.for any number of animals; ..."
4. Life Among the Apaches by John C. Cremony (2001)
"grama Grass. — The In formation Indispensable for a Successful Campaign against
Apaches. — The Smoke Columns. — Pressed Grass. — Bent and Broken Twigs. ..."
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