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
The answer to this question involves the hypothesis I would advance as accounting for the bright colours of high-growing individuals.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
The high-growing Star of Bethlehem is a pretty thing.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
Having reached the top we walked along a gulch, where I took two photographs, and from there got on to a moor which was covered with high-growing ferns, making walking difficult.
From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Barrow, Katherine Mary
Summer had begun, and the time for sowing the high-growing millet had come.
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard
