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

We skirted the grounds and entered by a rear gate a garden where were all sorts of low-growing trees and high-growing shrubs to screen us as we drew near the rear veranda.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

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

I have always found the nest in the holes of mango, tamarind, and high-growing jamún trees.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

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.