Definition of "gramma" in English

noun

1. (colloquial) A grandmother.

noun

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.
   • 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.
   • 1983, Margaret Fulton, 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.

noun

1. Alternative form of grama.

noun

1. Something that is written.

2. The subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic.