bluestem

/ˈbluːstɛm/

Etymology

From blue + stem.

bluestem means any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

bluestem is pronounced /ˈbluːstɛm/.

noun

Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae.“Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.”