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Definition of Bluestem
1. Noun. Tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States.
Definition of Bluestem
1. Noun. Any of various grasses, including little bluestem and big bluestem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluestem
1. a prairie grass [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluestem
Literary usage of Bluestem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fire Effects Information System: User’s Guide by William C. Fischer, Melanie Miller, Cameron M. Johnston, Jane K. Smith (1998)
"... and mahogany-oak association 601 bluestem prairie 602 bluestem-prairie ...
613 Fescue grassland 614 Crested wheatgrass 708 bluestem-dropseed 709 ..."
2. Essays on Wheat: Including the Discovery and Introduction of Marquis Wheat by A. H. Reginald Buller, Buller, A. H. Reginald, 1874-1944 (1919)
"Velvet Chaff was outyielded by from 0.5 to 3.6, bluestem by 0.8 to 5.5, and Fife
by 1.0 to 5.3 bushels per acre. Marquis, on the average for all the years ..."
3. The Small Grains by Mark Alfred Carleton (1920)
"Principal varieties now grown : — Bolton bluestem Minnesota No. 169 Dakota bluestem
Prelude Fife Preston Glyndon Fife Turkey (winter) Haynes bluestem Velvet ..."
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