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gramma

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gram·ma 1  (grm)
n. Informal
A grandmother.

[Alteration of grandma.]

gram·ma 2  (gräm, grm)
n.
Variant of grama.
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Noun1.grammagramma - pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
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)


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Near the beginning of his article Dykema traces the term from the Greek verb 'write' or 'draw' graphein to the singular noun 'letter' gramma.
Julie's Gramma, who is training for the Olympics, lends them her rocket ship when Stephen gets blasted into outer space.
Only Georgia's quick-wittedness saves her grandparents, Paw Paw and Gramma, and herself.
 
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