high-growing

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An upright posture also explains the sthenurines’ forepaws, which appear better suited for browsing on high-growing plants.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 15, 2014

There is little wood in the country, for the heavy winds are calculated to destroy high-growing trees, and the roots cannot penetrate into the ground to any depth, without coming to water.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.

This is better than high-growing shelter trees or evergreens.

From The Apple by Various

Far away across this gleaming floor blossomed a long line of high-growing lotus flowers, white and yellow against a silver sky.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Summer had begun, and the time for sowing the high-growing millet had come.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard