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grammy | gramma |

As a proper noun Grammy

is any of the statuettes awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

As a noun gramma is

a variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

grammy

English

(Grammy Award)

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • Any of the statuettes awarded by the for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

    • Usage notes

    * Grammy is a registered trademark of the They officially use the plural Grammys .

    gramma

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia) A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata .
    • Traditionally ''Cucurbita maxima'' and ''Cucurbita moschata'' have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
  • * 1941 , H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook , Volume 1, page 238,
    • Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
  • * 1952 , Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates , page 151,
    • The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata ) and is classed as a gramma .
  • * 1983 , , Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z , Revised 2005, Republished 2009, page 493,
    • Gramma , or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.
  • (informal) grandmother

    • Synonyms

    * (Cucurbita moschata cultivar) ----