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POA PRATENSIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
June grass; Kentucky blue; Kentucky bluegrass; Kentucy blue grass; Poa pratensis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Poa pratensis" is a kind of...):
blue grass; bluegrass (any of various grasses of the genus Poa)
Holonyms ("Poa pratensis" is a member of...):
genus Poa; Poa (chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions)