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bluestem

bluestem

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Noun

bluestem ‎(usually uncountable, plural bluestems)

  1. Any of various grasses, including little bluestem and big bluestem.

Derived terms

  • bluestem grass
  • cane bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis)
  • Caucasian bluestem, Australian bluestem, plains bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii)
  • yellow bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum)
  • silver bluestem (Bothriochloa laguroides)
  • Springfield bluestem (Bothriochloa springfieldii)
  • 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 (Andropogon hallii)
  • bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)
  • tall bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
  • chalky bluestem (Andropogon capillipes)
  • little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
  • Colombian bluestem (Schizachyrium condensatum)
  • shore little bluestem (Schizachyrium littorale)
  • gulf bluestem (Schizachyrium maritimum)
  • pinescrub bluestem (Schizachyrium niveum)
  • Florida little bluestem (Schizachyrium rhizomatum)
  • honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium spadiceum
  • slender little bluestem (Schizachyrium tenerum)

Etymology

blue +‎ stem, due to the color in Spring, later turning reddish.

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