noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈɡɹɑːmə/
UK:/ˈɡɹamə/
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CMU ARPABET:G R AE1 M AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Various species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grama grass, gramma, gramma grass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grass
Narrower terms: blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis, black grama, Bouteloua eriopoda
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish grama (“grass”), from Latin grāmina, plural of grāmen (“grass”).