grama

gra·ma also gram·ma  (gräm, grm)

n.

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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[American Spanish, from Spanish, Bermuda grass, quitch grass, from Latin grmen, grmin-, grass.]

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grama, grama grass [ˈgrɑːmə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various grasses of the genus Bouteloua, of W North America and South America: often used as pasture grasses

[from Spanish, ultimately from Latin grāmen grass]

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Noun

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grama - pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America grama grass, gramma, gramma grass grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay Bouteloua, genus Bouteloua - forage grasses blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis - a pasture grass of western North America black grama, Bouteloua eriopoda - a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America)