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bluestem

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blue·stem  (blstm)
n.
Any of several chiefly North American grasses of the genera Andropogon, Bothriochloa, and Schizachyrium, some of which are important prairie grasses.
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Noun1.bluestem - tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United Statesbluestem - tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
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