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
This is better than high-growing shelter trees or evergreens.
From The Apple by Various
We walked on together through the high-growing corn which made even dimmer the fading twilight.
From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
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
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)