bluestem

noun
/ˈbluːstɛm/

Etymology

From blue + stem.

  1. derived from *steh₂-
  2. inherited from *stamniz
  3. inherited from *stamni
  4. inherited from stemn
  5. inherited from stem
  6. compounded as bluestem — “blue + stem

Definitions

  1. Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem,…

    Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae.

    • Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.

The neighborhood

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