Definitions for bluestems

bluestems blue·stem

Spelling: [bloo-stem]
IPA: /ˈbluˌstɛm/

Bluestems is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 316 anagrams from letters in bluestems (beelmsstu).

Definitions for bluestems

noun

  1. any of several prairie grasses of the genus Andropogon, having bluish leaf sheaths, now grown in the western U.S. for forage.
  2. dwarf palmetto.

Origin of bluestems

An Americanism dating back to 1850-55; blue + stem1

Examples for bluestems

The uppermost station was situated in bluestem pasture without benefit of shade from trees.

The study area includes the zone of transition from bluestem or tall-grass prairie to the buffalo grass or short-grass prairie.

Nests are placed on the ground, usually in bluestem pasture, but in any case grasses.

Of young trees there were most on the bluestem prairie area, less on the former pastures and least on the fallow fields.

Evidently the tree does not become established readily on bluestem prairie.

Word Value for bluestems
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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