BLUESTEM


Meaning of BLUESTEM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈblü-ˌstem ]

noun

Date: circa 1852

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.