bluestem

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ stem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːstɛm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bluestem (usually uncountable, plural bluestems)

1. (US) Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem. [from 19th c.]
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 30:

     Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.

Derived terms

• Australian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii)
• big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)
• bluestem grass
• broomsedge bluestem (Andropogon virginicus)
• bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)
• cane bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis)
• Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii)
• chalky bluestem (Andropogon virginicus, syn. Andropogon capillipes)
• Colombian bluestem (Schizachyrium condensatum)
• Florida little bluestem (Schizachyrium rhizomatum)
• gulf bluestem (Schizachyrium maritimum)
• Hall's bluestem (Andropogon hallii)
• honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium scoparium, syn. Schizachyrium spadiceum)
• little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
• paintbrush bluestem (Andropogon ternarius)
• pinescrub bluestem (Schizachyrium niveum)
• plains bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii)
• prairie bluestem (Andropogon hallii)
• sand bluestem, sand hill bluestem (Andropogon hallii)
• shore little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale, syn. Schizachyrium littorale)
• silver bluestem (Bothriochloa laguroides, Andropogon ternarius)
• slender little bluestem (Schizachyrium tenerum)
• split bluestem, splitbeard bluestem (Andropogon ternarius)
• Springfield bluestem (Bothriochloa springfieldii)
• tall bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)
• yellow bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum)
• yellowsedge bluestem (Andropogon virginicus)

References

• Bluestem grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia