bluestem
/ˈbluːstɛm/
bluestem noun: any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae.
Noun
bluestem (usually uncountable, plural bluestems)
- 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 of bluestem
| plural | bluestems |
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Origin of bluestem
From blue + stem.
Words formed from bluestem
- Australian bluestem
- big bluestem
- bluestem grass
- broomsedge bluestem
- bushy bluestem
- cane bluestem
- Caucasian bluestem
- chalky bluestem
- Colombian bluestem
- Florida little bluestem
- gulf bluestem
- Hall's bluestem
- honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium scoparium
- syn. Schizachyrium spadiceum)
- little bluestem
- paintbrush bluestem
- pinescrub bluestem
- plains bluestem
- prairie bluestem
- sand bluestem
- sand hill bluestem
- shore little bluestem
- silver bluestem
- slender little bluestem
- split bluestem
- splitbeard bluestem
- Springfield bluestem
- tall bluestem
- yellow bluestem
- yellowsedge bluestem
Phrases with bluestem
Questions about bluestem
- What does bluestem mean?
- Bluestem means any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae.
- What part of speech is bluestem?
- Bluestem is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bluestem?
- Bluestem is pronounced /ˈbluːstɛm/.
- What is the plural of bluestem?
- The plural of bluestem is bluestems.
Words near bluestem in the dictionary
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