Definitions
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- adjective (of plants) having tall spindly stems
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Examples
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In addition to black mulberries, there are also white and red varieties, and most of them are your standard tall-growing tree, and do not “weep.”
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In addition to black mulberries, there are also white and red varieties, and most of them are your standard tall-growing tree, and do not “weep.”
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The other half of the way, the first half as you head south from here, is more open, shaded in spots at ten in the morning by free-standing ashes, thin lines of young hawthorns, aspens, and birches no bigger around than my wrist, and the occasional tall-growing sumacs.
Lance Mannion: 2008
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In addition to black mulberries, there are also white and red varieties, and most of them are your standard tall-growing tree, and do not “weep.”
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The other half of the way, the first half as you head south from here, is more open, shaded in spots at ten in the morning by free-standing ashes, thin lines of young hawthorns, aspens, and birches no bigger around than my wrist, and the occasional tall-growing sumacs.
One for the birds 2008
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Meantime, Gardener's Supply this year launched "Garden Grids," flexible polyethylene-coated panels to ease the hassle of crafting support trellises so tall-growing vegetables don't flop.
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However, tall-growing weeds that were not adequately controlled earlier can easily overtake thse
Chapter 10 1981
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The older man for the first time looked past the woman and realized that what he had taken for a continuation of the brush and scrub pine was the tops of tall-growing trees below a bluff.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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The tall-growing climbers make a gay background to a border, and are equally valuable for trellis-work, while the dwarf varieties are first-class bedding plants, and of great service for ribboning.
Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink
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They appear to the greatest advantage when grown as solitary plants, away from other tall-growing flowers.
Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink
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