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grama

/grah-muh/US // ˈgrɑ mə //UK // (ˈɡrɑːmə) //

嬷嬷

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis.

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Examples

  • This is the "grama" or "buffalo-grass," and, despite its look of utter desiccation, is highly nutritious.

  • He seems as thrifty on the wiry grama as among the most succulent grasses of the Republican.

  • We have never tasted grama-cheese, but have a theory that its individual piquancy must equal that of the delicious Schabzieger.

  • The hills beyond became naked, or covered only with short grass of the grama kind and dusty-gray sage-brush.

  • The others did not seem to heed these demonstrations, but kept on quietly cropping the luxuriant grama.