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 high-growing Star of Bethlehem is a pretty thing.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

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

"Have you got a dollar?" asked Tripp, with his most fawning look and his dog-like eyes that blinked in the narrow space between his high-growing matted beard and his low-growing matted hair.

From Options by Henry, O.

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