grama

noun

ˈgra-mə 

: any of several pasture grasses (genus Bouteloua) of the western U.S.

Examples of grama in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Latin gramina, plural of gramen grass

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing grama

• blue grama

Rhymes for grama

• gamma
• gramma
• diorama
• panorama
• trichogramma

Kids Definition

grama

noun

ˈgram-ə 

: any of several pasture grasses of the western U.S.

called also grama grass