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 walked on together through the high-growing corn which made even dimmer the fading twilight.

From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

The vines have to be sought out in the forest, cut down and disentangled from the high-growing branches, divided into lengths, and carried home.

From The Crime of the Congo by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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

Its selection of a tree for its nest is not confined to any one species, but by preference the bird selects those of small growth, and even frequently high-growing brushwood.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian