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