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POA

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Po´a
n.1.(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).
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.POAPoa - chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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
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
Translations
POA
A. N ABBR (Brit) =Prison Officers' Association sindicato de empleados de cárcel
B. ABBR (Comm) =price on applicationel precio a solicitud
POA (Brit) abbr of Prison OfficersAssociationVerband mder Justizvollzugsbeamten
POA [ˌpiːəʊˈeɪ] n abbr (Brit) =Prison Officers' Associationsindacato degli agenti di custodia
POA [ˌpiːəʊˈeɪ] n abbr (Brit) =Prison Officers' Associationsindacato degli agenti di custodia


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