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 vines have to be sought out in the forest, cut down and disentangled from the high-growing branches, divided into lengths, and carried home.

From The Crime of the Congo by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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)

His face, shrouded in a high-growing, dust-coloured beard, invited no attention.

From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold