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Definition of Tall-growing
1. Adjective. (of plants) having tall spindly stems.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tall-growing
Literary usage of Tall-growing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"some tall-growing herbaceous planta, natives of Chili, which might technically
be considered as ... tallgrowing ..."
2. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of ...by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1878)
"... This is another tall-growing Yucca, but with me it does not get to the height
of Yucca gloriosa. The plant has, however, a more graceful habit, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Propagated by cuttings in the larger-growing kinds, division in most kinds, and
pegging in some tall-growing species. Takedown a tall-growing sort and peg ..."
4. The Little Garden by Francis King (1921)
"I believe the first tall-growing plant that occurs to the mind of those unversed
in gardening is the hollyhock: it has been known, grown, ..."
5. The Little Garden by Louisa Yeomans King, Francis King (1921)
"I believe the first tall-growing plant that occurs to the mind of those unversed
in gardening is the hollyhock: it has been known, grown, and loved so long, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Whereas meadow grasses and other plants are usually tall-growing and ready to
cut all at one time, the herbage of pastures is generally low-growing, ..."
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