grammata

Noun (1)

gramma (plural grammas)

1. (colloquial) A grandmother.
   • Go on, there, driver, gramma is going.1901, Karl Groos, James Mark Baldwin, The Play of Man, page 138

Noun (2)

gramma (plural grammas)

1. (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.

   Synonyms:

   bugle pumpkin, butternut squash, papaw pumpkin

Noun (3)

gramma (plural grammata)

1. Something that is written.
   • This discussion immediately before us embraces a preliminary paragraph, and three statements of moments, respectively designated by the grammata—α, β, γ.1865, James Hutchison Stirling, The Secret of Hegel: Being the Hegelian System in Origin, Principle, Form and Matter, volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, page 125
2. The subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
   • The studies were divided into three branches. First, the grammata, which included reading, writing, and arithmetic; secondly, music; and thirdly, gymnastics.1855, J. Talboys Wheeler, The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century Before Christ: An Imaginary Biography Founded on Fact, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, page 22

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