bluestem

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ stem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːstɛm/

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

• 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 virginicus, syn. Andropogon capillipes)
• little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
• Colombian bluestem (Schizachyrium condensatum)
• shore little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale, syn. Schizachyrium littorale)
• gulf bluestem (Schizachyrium maritimum)
• pinescrub bluestem (Schizachyrium niveum)
• Florida little bluestem (Schizachyrium rhizomatum)
• honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium scoparium, syn. Schizachyrium spadiceum)
• slender little bluestem (Schizachyrium tenerum)

References

• Bluestem grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia