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)

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

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.

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

From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold