bluestem grass

noun

Any of several grasses that are adapted to high light levels.

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Meanings

nounbluestem grass (usually uncountable, plural bluestem grasses)

plural bluestem grasses

  1. uncountableusuallyAny of several grasses that are adapted to high light levels.

    Before trains crisscrossed the West, cowboys drove cattle from Texas to Osage territory, where the herds grazed on the lush bluestem grass, and then on to Kansas, for shipment to Chicago and other cities.

    2021 (originally published 2017, adapted 2021), David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Younger Readers, page 22
    1. uncountableusuallyLittle bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and others of the genus Schizachyrium.
    2. uncountableusuallyBig bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) and others of the genus Andropogon
    3. uncountableusuallyCane bluestem, Caucasian bluestem and others of the genus Bothriochloa.
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MLA

“bluestem grass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluestem%20grass. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluestem grass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluestem%20grass.

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