bluestem
Americannoun
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any of several prairie grasses of the genus Andropogon, having bluish leaf sheaths, now grown in the western U.S. for forage.
Etymology
Origin of bluestem
Example Sentences
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The broad patches of big bluestem had darkened as if marinated in red wine; other grasses seemed to have been bleached to the palest yellow, like sun-damaged hair.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019
Scene-stealing schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blue Heaven’ is a low-clumping little bluestem whose 3-foot stature makes it suitable for front-of-the-border drama, especially in fall when it chameleons from steely gray to shades of fuchsia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2018
Next, he scattered an understory of grasses: little bluestem, big bluestem, splitbeard bluestem, broomsedge bluestem, et cetera.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2018
Goldenrods are sun lovers and are not for wet soils, though the wreath or bluestem goldenrod will be happy in a little shade.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2017
He chose from a salad bar of grasses: western wheatgrass, little bluestem, buffalo grass, green needlegrass.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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