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grama

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/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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”).