bluestem
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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, published 2014, page 30:
- Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.
Derived terms
[edit]- Australian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii)
- big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)
- bluestem grass
- cane bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis)
- broomsedge bluestem (Andropogon virginicus)
- bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)
- 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
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Bluestem grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
