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BLUESTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bluestem mean? 

BLUESTEM (noun)
  The noun BLUESTEM has 1 sense:

1. tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: BLUESTEM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUESTEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Andropogon furcatus; Andropogon gerardii; blue stem; bluestem

Hypernyms ("bluestem" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)


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