bluestem en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbluːstɛm/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From blue + stem.
Meanings
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(US, uncountable, usually) Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae.
Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bluestems | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
splitbeard bluestem · honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium scoparium · Florida little bluestem · shore little bluestem · Colombian bluestem · big bluestem · Caucasian bluestem · tall bluestem · yellowsedge bluestem · split bluestem · bushy bluestem · broomsedge bluestem · chalky bluestem · gulf bluestem · paintbrush bluestem · cane bluestem · pinescrub bluestem · Australian bluestem · plains bluestem · Springfield bluestem · little bluestem · sand hill bluestem · syn. Schizachyrium spadiceum) · sand bluestem · silver bluestem · slender little bluestem · Hall's bluestem · bluestem grass · yellow bluestem · prairie bluestem