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bluestem
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7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bluestem
  2. big bluestem
  3. eastern bluestem
  4. little bluestem
  5. sand bluestem
  6. seacoast bluestem
  7. yellow bluestem

blue·stem

noun \ˈblü-ˌstem\

Definition of BLUESTEM

1
: a tall North American grass (Andropogon gerardii syn. A. furcatus) that has smooth bluish leaf sheaths and slender spikes borne in pairs or clusters, is a dominant grass of the originally tallgrass prairies, and is used for hay and forage —called also big bluestem — compare sand bluestem
2
: little bluestem
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First Known Use of BLUESTEM

circa 1852

Rhymes with BLUESTEM

ad rem, ahem, AM, Arnhem, Belém, brain stem, condemn, contemn, FM, GM, idem, in rem, item, main stem, mayhem, Menem, millieme, modem, poem, problem, pro tem, proem, Shechem

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