poa

noun

ˈpōə

1

capitalized : a genus of grasses that are widely distributed in temperate and arctic regions and have open panicles with 2- to 6-flowered spikelets on which the upper scales exceed the empty ones see kentucky bluegrass , wire grass

2

plural -s : any grass of the genus Poa

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, grass; akin to Greek pidax spring, Lithuanian pieva meadow

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