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GENUS POA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
Synonyms:
genus Poa; Poa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Poa" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Poa"):
blue grass; bluegrass (any of various grasses of the genus Poa)
June grass; Kentucky blue; Kentucky bluegrass; Kentucy blue grass; Poa pratensis (valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures)
Agrostis alba; Poa nemoralis; wood meadowgrass (slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia)
Holonyms ("genus Poa" is a member of...):
family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)
