Grama meaning

grä'mə, grăm'ə
Any of a genus (Bouteloua) of native range grasses of the W U.S.
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A type of grass, Bouteloua oligostachya.
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Any of various grasses of the genus Bouteloua of western North America and South America, forming dense tufts or mats and often used as pasturage.
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Origin of grama

American Spanish from Spanish Bermuda grass, quitch grass from Latin grāmen grāmin- grass

Sentence Examples

  • Bouteloua with numerous species (mesquite grass, grama grass) on the plains of the south-western United States, afford good grazing.

  • The prairies are covered with valuable bunch, grama and dropseed grasses; in the extreme N.W.

  • The grama, buffalo and bunch varieties cure on the stem, and furnish throughout the winter an excellent ranging food.

  • The hills and mesas covered with the nutritious grama grass form excellent grazing grounds, which are most extensive in Bernalillo, Guadalupe, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Union and Valencia counties.

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