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gramma
/ˈɡɹæ(m)mɑː/
noun 5name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all
VERB + GRAMMA
classed, obtain
GRAMMA + NOUN
hair, hay
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
A grandmother.
Go on, there, driver, gramma is going.
My gramma—all her hair is white Like snow is, but it isn't cold.
noun
1
A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1, page 238, Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
noun
1
Alternative form of grama.
Accompanying said proposal any effort was made by the government to was a bond executed by said Drachman as obtain gramma hay for use at Ft. Huachuca.
It is sometimes known as the "gramma grass," and is probably as valuable as any of the true gramma grasses; it is also called "mesquite grass."
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — pasture grass of plains of South America and western North A
- grama
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Go on, there, driver, gramma is going.
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My gramma—all her hair is white Like snow is, but it isn't cold.
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Polly trotted here and there with motions of taking gramma's hand, and so forth.
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Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
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1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1, page 238, Pumpkins and grammas are ha
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The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata) and is classed as a gramma.
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