Lexic.us

Definition of Gramma grass

1. Noun. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gramma Grass

Literary usage of Gramma grass

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

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1889)
"Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.; Bristly Mesquite. gramma grass. 100. ... B. racemosa Lag.; Tall gramma grass. 32. ELEUSINE Gaert. a. Spikes digitate, spikelets on ..."

2. The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading by Hiram Martin Chittenden (1902)
"The gramma grass had a wide distribution throughout the West, and was often called buffalo grass. It sometimes grew to a height of ten inches on the ranges. ..."

3. Horses, Saddles and Bridles by William Harding Carter (1906)
"gramma grass.—(Figure 122.) This is the commonest and best grass in the far ... Like the gramma grass, it can only be cut with hoes, knives or scythes. ..."

4. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1860)
"The principal of the new American grasses is the bunch grass (Festuca), the buffalo grass, or small gramma, and the other species of gramma grass ..."

5. The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry (1885)
"known as buffalo grass and gramma grass, are beyond comparison the most im~ portant. These two, with the "blue grass," which ranks next in order, ..."

6. The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry (1885)
"known as buffalo grass and gramma grass, are beyond comparison the most im' portant. These two, with the " blue grass," which ranks next in order, ..."

7. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1887)
"The principal of the new American grasses is the bunch grass (Festuca), the buffalo grass, or small gramma, and the other species of gramma grass ..."

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