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/ˈbluːstɛm/ · noun
(US) 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.
Use blue stem when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blue stem means (US) Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae..
Common synonyms include andropogon gerardii, blue stem, andropogon furcatus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then we were going at a lope with the bluestem whipping our legs.
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