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

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 Sedding, John D.

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

Summer had begun, and the time for sowing the high-growing millet had come.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard