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Definition of grama grass

grama grass
Mesquite Mes*qui"te, Mesquit Mes*quit", n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. Honey mesquite. See Algaroba (b) . Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in Western Texas (Bouteloua oligostachya, and other species); -- so called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree; -- called also muskit grass, grama grass.
Grama grass
Grama grass Gra"ma grass` [Sp. grama a sort of grass.] (Bot.) The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.

Meaning of grama grass from wikipedia

- Bouteloua gracilis, the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season (C4) perennial gr****, native to North America. It is most commonly found from Alberta...
- plants in the gr**** family Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama gr****. Bouteloua includes both annual and perennial gr****es, which frequently...
- co-dominant with blue grama (B. gracilis) over most of the shortgr**** prairie. Buffalo gr**** in North America is not the same species of gr**** commonly known...
- dactyloides) Grama gr**** (Bouteloua spp.) Kikuyu gr**** (Pennisetum clandestinum) Gr**** seed mixes have been developed to include only gr**** seed species...
- species of cactus known by the common names paperspine fishhook cactus, grama gr**** cactus, paper-spined cactus, and toumeya. It is native to North America...
- tooth gr****, Bahama gr****, crab gr****, devil's gr****, couch gr****, Indian doab, arugampul, grama, wiregr**** and scutch gr****. The blades are a grey-green...
- Bouteloua curtipendula, commonly known as sideoats grama, is a perennial, short prairie gr**** that is native throughout the temperate and tropical Western...
- storing the seeds of mesquite, creosote bush, purslane, ocotillo, and grama gr**** in their ch**** pouches. Kangaroo rats will store extra seeds in seed...
- up grama in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grama may refer to: Slang for grandmother Grama (government), a local governing body in India Grama (halacha)...
- yellow-bellied racers, and greater short-horned lizards. Flora includes blue grama gr****, needlegr****, plains cottonwood and silver sagebrush. Erosion by glacial...