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
His face, shrouded in a high-growing, dust-coloured beard, invited no attention.
From The Market-Place by Harold Frederic
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 Katherine Mary Barrow
She peeped over the high-growing root between them.
From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Charles K. (Charles Kellogg) Field
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 John D. Sedding
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