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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A field of bluestem unfurled to the south.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021
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
Winding paths, just wide enough for two, meandered south, coiling along the waterfront, weaving through thickets of tall bluestem grasses, wetland pools and flowering rose bushes.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2018
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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