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GRAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grama mean? 

GRAMA (noun)
  The noun GRAMA has 1 sense:

1. pasture grass of plains of South America and western North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: GRAMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

grama; grama grass; gramma; gramma grass

Hypernyms ("grama" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grama"):

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))

Holonyms ("grama" is a member of...):

Bouteloua; genus Bouteloua (forage grasses)


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