grama grass

  • 1Grama grass — Gra ma grass [Sp. grama a sort of grass.] (Bot.) The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the {Bouteloua oligostachya}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2grama grass — noun pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America • Syn: ↑grama, ↑gramma, ↑gramma grass • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Hyponyms: ↑blue grama, ↑Bouteloua gracilis, ↑ …

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  • 3grama grass — Mesquite Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus …

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  • 4grama grass — /ˈgramə gras/ (say grahmuh grahs) noun any range grass of the western and south western US of the genus Bouteloua, as B. gracilis, the commonest species. {US (1820s), from Spanish grama grass, from Latin grāmen grass + grass1} …

  • 5grama-grass cactus — plokščiadyglis standenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos augalas (Sclerocactus papyracanthus), paplitęs Naujojoje Meksikoje, Arizonoje ir Teksase. atitikmenys: lot. Sclerocactus papyracanthus angl. grama grass cactus;… …

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  • 6grama grass — ▪ plant genus  (genus Bouteloua), any of about 50 species of annual or perennial forage grasses constituting a group within the family Poaceae, and native mostly to North America, with a few species in Central and South America. Grama grasses may …

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  • 7blue grama grass — grakštusis striepsnenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių šeimos pašarinis augalas (Bouteloua gracilis), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Bouteloua gracilis angl. blue grama; blue grama grass; eyelash grass isp.… …

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  • 8tall grama grass — aukštasis striepsnenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių šeimos pašarinis augalas (Bouteloua curtipendula), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Bouteloua curtipendula angl. side oats grama; tall grama grass isp.… …

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  • 9Grass — Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the… …

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  • 10Grass bass — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …

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