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high-growing

ADJECTIVE

rank

Synonyms

STRONG

extreme flourishing grown lavish lush overgrown rich wild

WEAK

coarse dense excessive exuberant fertile fructiferous junglelike luxuriant overabundant productive profuse prolific rampant semitropical tropical vigorous

Antonyms

STRONG

mild moderate

WEAK

aromatic clean indefinite moral perfumed rare scarce sparse sweet

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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

I have always found the nest in the holes of mango, tamarind, and high-growing jamún trees.

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

Far away across this gleaming floor blossomed a long line of high-growing lotus flowers, white and yellow against a silver sky.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

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

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