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Webster 1913 Edition

Poa

Po′a

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] grass.]

(Bot.)

A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called

meadow grass

Kentucky blue grass

June grass

, and

spear grass

(which see).

Definition 2024

Poa

See also: poa, POA, PoA, Poá, and po'a

Translingual

Proper noun

Poa f

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the bluegrasses, meadow grasses, and related grasses.

Hypernyms

(genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Pooideae - subfamily; Poeae - tribe; Poinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Poa pratensis - type species; for a modern list of species see Poa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

Poephagus (syn. Bos)

poa

See also: Poa, POA, PoA, Poá, and po'a

English

Wikispecies

Noun

poa ‎(plural poas)

Any grass of the genus Poa.