What does «grama» mean in Spanish?
- A wild grassy plant with a medicinal root whose scientific name is Cynodon dactylon. Its stem is cylindrical and creeping. It has short, flat, acute leaves. Its flowers in filiform spikes that come out in number of three or five at the end of the canes about 20 cm long.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la raíz de grama es diurética".
- Any of the grass species of the family Poaceae, which cover soils in meadows and gardens. Some of the scientific names of these plants are: Cynodon dactylon, Cyperus rotundus, Dactylis glomerata, Eleusine indica, Elytrigia repens, Miscanthus giganteus, Poa bulbosa, etc.
- -gram. Suffix meaning "written" or "graphic". Examples of words using this suffix: telegram, heliogram, pictogram.