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poa en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpoʊ.ə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From scientific Latin Poa (genus name), from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).

Meanings

  1. Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.
    • We trod out across fragile alpine heath between poa tussocks and something that smelled of lemon thyme. 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 74

Forms

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poas Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

poa pitha

Translations (3)

pl wyklina (grass) · cs lipnice (grass) · pl wiechlina (grass)