bluestem
English
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Pronunciation
Noun
bluestem (usually uncountable, plural bluestems)
- (US) Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem. [from 19th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 30:
- Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 30:
Derived terms
- bluestem grass
- cane bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Caucasian bluestem, Australian bluestem, plains bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- yellow bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- silver bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Springfield bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- broomsedge bluestem, yellowsedge bluestem (Andropogon virginicus)
- split bluestem, splitbeard bluestem, silver bluestem, paintbrush bluestem (Andropogon ternarius)
- sand bluestem, sand hill bluestem, Hall's bluestem, prairie bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- bushy bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- tall bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
- chalky bluestem (Andropogon virginicus, syn. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
- Colombian bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- shore little bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., syn. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- gulf bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- pinescrub bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- Florida little bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium scoparium, syn. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- slender little bluestem (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
References
Bluestem grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia