: any of several pasture grasses (genus Bouteloua) of the western U.S.
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Across 13,000 of the 14,000 grama niladhari, the smallest units of Sri Lanka’s local governance, the party has established women’s committees, according to Saroja Savithri Paulraj, the women’s affairs minister.—Pamodi Waravita, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025 Warm season buffalo, dog-tuff or blue grama grass can be mowed every 10 to 20 days (lucky you).
•—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 2 June 2017
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Etymology
Spanish, from Latin gramina, plural of gramen grass
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