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grama

grama

1 9.9
A short grass from plains that farm animals eat
  • noun
  • /ˈɡræmə/
  • US
translation icon : grama
  • THAT'S GRAMA.
  • blue grama
  • grasses like grama

Examples

  • Now it was a golden autumn tan with streaks of silver and white where the sickle-shaped seeds of grama were waving, tinted blue here and there by distance and shadow.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • It was almost flat, covered with sagebrush and grama grass, and he and Terry rolled out the tent in a good spot.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • You're listening to the grama for some reason, huh?

    Knock Off (1998)

  • The mesquite, bleached grama grass, and sage were flora of little rain.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • One major threat to rangeland here is brush overtaking the black grama grassland, so we're very interested in knowing what conditions cause it," says Peters.

    Academic text (2004)

  • About one-third of the San Pedro Basin is covered with hardy grasses like blue grama, sideoats grama, and sacaton grass.

    Academic text (2002)

  • About one-third of the San Pedro Basin is covered with hardy grasses like blue grama, sideoats grama, and sacaton grass.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Right now, warm-season grasses like blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis, dominate the shortgrass prairie in Colorado.

    Academic text (1997)

  • However, there were casualties: native grass species, like buffalograss and blue grama, which once thrived in North American temperate grasslands, have been widely replaced by non-native species.

    Blog text (28)

  • Blue grama is an essential grass for grazing livestock on the plains of North America.

Synonyms

grama grass
vsgrama
  • US
8.2

A grass that grows on plains for animals to eat

focuses on its importance as livestock feed rather than general use
gramma
vsgrama
  • US
9.9

A grass that grows on American plains and feeds farm animals

is broader and highlights general grazing role rather than feeding value

Compounds

blue grama
  • US
8.4

A short grass with blue-green leaves that farmers use as food for animals

black grama
  • Specialized
7.9

A grass that grows for many years in dry western United States and northern Mexico that cattle eat

grama grass
  • US
8.2

A grass that grows on plains for animals to eat

Surface Forms

grama singular
gramas plural

Etymology

The word grama comes from Spanish grama, which in turn comes from the old Latin word gramen meaning 'grass'. That's why grama today names a kind of pasture 'grass' used for grazing livestock.