"bluestem" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From blue + stem.",
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      "form": "bluestems",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa bladhii",
          "word": "Australian bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon gerardi",
          "word": "big bluestem"
        },
        {
          "word": "bluestem grass"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa barbinodis",
          "word": "cane bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon virginicus",
          "word": "broomsedge bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon glomeratus",
          "word": "bushy bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa bladhii",
          "word": "Caucasian bluestem"
        },
        {
          "alt": "syn. Andropogon capillipes",
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon virginicus",
          "word": "chalky bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium condensatum",
          "word": "Colombian bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium rhizomatum",
          "word": "Florida little bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium maritimum",
          "word": "gulf bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon hallii",
          "word": "Hall's bluestem"
        },
        {
          "word": "honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium scoparium"
        },
        {
          "word": "syn. Schizachyrium spadiceum)"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium scoparium",
          "word": "little bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon ternarius",
          "word": "paintbrush bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium niveum",
          "word": "pinescrub bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa bladhii",
          "word": "plains bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon hallii",
          "word": "prairie bluestem"
        },
        {
          "word": "sand bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon hallii",
          "word": "sand hill bluestem"
        },
        {
          "alt": "syn. Schizachyrium littorale",
          "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale",
          "word": "shore little bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon ternarius",
          "word": "silver bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium tenerum",
          "word": "slender little bluestem"
        },
        {
          "word": "split bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon ternarius",
          "word": "splitbeard bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa springfieldii",
          "word": "Springfield bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon gerardi",
          "word": "tall bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa ischaemum",
          "word": "yellow bluestem"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Andropogon virginicus",
          "word": "yellowsedge bluestem"
        }
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          "text": "Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.",
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        "Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem."
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          "little bluestem",
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        "(US) Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbluːstɛm/"
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  "word": "bluestem"
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      "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa bladhii",
      "word": "Australian bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon gerardi",
      "word": "big bluestem"
    },
    {
      "word": "bluestem grass"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa barbinodis",
      "word": "cane bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon virginicus",
      "word": "broomsedge bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon glomeratus",
      "word": "bushy bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa bladhii",
      "word": "Caucasian bluestem"
    },
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      "alt": "syn. Andropogon capillipes",
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon virginicus",
      "word": "chalky bluestem"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium condensatum",
      "word": "Colombian bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium rhizomatum",
      "word": "Florida little bluestem"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium maritimum",
      "word": "gulf bluestem"
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      "taxonomic": "Andropogon hallii",
      "word": "Hall's bluestem"
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      "word": "honey bluestem) (Schizachyrium scoparium"
    },
    {
      "word": "syn. Schizachyrium spadiceum)"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium scoparium",
      "word": "little bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon ternarius",
      "word": "paintbrush bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium niveum",
      "word": "pinescrub bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa bladhii",
      "word": "plains bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon hallii",
      "word": "prairie bluestem"
    },
    {
      "word": "sand bluestem"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Andropogon hallii",
      "word": "sand hill bluestem"
    },
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      "alt": "syn. Schizachyrium littorale",
      "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale",
      "word": "shore little bluestem"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Andropogon ternarius",
      "word": "silver bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Schizachyrium tenerum",
      "word": "slender little bluestem"
    },
    {
      "word": "split bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon ternarius",
      "word": "splitbeard bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa springfieldii",
      "word": "Springfield bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon gerardi",
      "word": "tall bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bothriochloa ischaemum",
      "word": "yellow bluestem"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Andropogon virginicus",
      "word": "yellowsedge bluestem"
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