big bluestem

noun

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Other grass options include sideoats grama, switchgrass and big bluestem. Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025 For example, Eastern white pine trees, big bluestem grass and hostas can survive cold temperatures that would kill palm trees, canna lilies and impatiens. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025 The roots of big bluestem, for instance, can extend up to 12 feet deep. Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024 Nineteen types of prairie plants are available this year and include favorites like butterfly weed, big bluestem, leadplant, purple prairie clover and more. Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022 And micro-prairies that are routinely scoured by ice in the river to clear the way for native plants such as big bluestem and Indian grass. Peter Krouse, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2022 THERESA - Dense stands of big bluestem reached 5 feet high on the rolling, upland tract at Theresa Marsh Wildlife Area. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2022 On either side of her, tall, thin strands of big bluestem, a grass species native to the Great Plains, arch more than a foot above her head. Sarah Spicer, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of big bluestem was in 1887

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“Big bluestem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20bluestem. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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