单词 | big bluestem |
释义 | > as lemmasbig bluestem big bluestem n. North American any of several tall blue-stemmed grasses of the genus Andropogon, native to the prairie regions of North America and sometimes grown as ornamentals; esp. A. gerardii (formerly A. furcatus). ΚΠ 1889 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1887–8 11 92 A[ndropogon] provincialis..; Big Blue Stem, Broom grass. 1948 R. J. Pool Marching with Grasses xi. 138 The Big Bluestem, Andropogon furcatus, is one of the most characteristic and conspicuous species of the eastern or tall-grass portion of the American prairies. 2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) vii. 67 A large field..ungrazed for some years and grown up with big bluestem and weeds. < as lemmas |
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