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Tall-growing   /tɔl-grˈoʊɪŋ/   Listen
Tall-growing

adjective
1.
(of plants) having tall spindly stems.  Synonym: leggy.






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"Tall-growing" Quotes from Famous Books



... America, 1756. This is a very ornamental tall-growing shrub, of somewhat loose growth, and bearing flowers which resemble, both in size and appearance, those of our common Snowdrop. It is one of the most ornamental of all the small-growing American trees, and richly deserves a place in every collection, on account ...
— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster

... growing to hay in the front yard, we now see fine, smoothly-cut lawns of refreshing greenness; and fences of pickets, wire, and rustic iron, have supplanted the ancient board fences. In place of the tall-growing Sunflower and Hollyhock that sprung up here and there at random, we now see beds of choice and beautiful flowers artistically arranged and carefully cultivated ...
— Your Plants - Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender - and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden • James Sheehan



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