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 Frederic, Harold
This is better than high-growing shelter trees or evergreens.
From The Apple by Various
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
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)
