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blue·stem
(blo͞o′stĕm′)n.
Any of various grasses of several genera, especially Andropogon, Bothriochloa, and Schizachyrium, often with bluish-green leaves, some of which are important North American prairie grasses.
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bluestem
(ˈbluːˌstɛm)n
a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses
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blue•stem
(ˈbluˌstɛm)n.
any of several prairie grasses of the genus Andropogon, having bluish leaf sheaths, grown for forage.
[1850–55]
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Noun | 1. | bluestem - tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay |
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