poan.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊə/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊə/

Forms: 1700s po, 1700s– poa.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Poa.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Poa, genus name ( Linnaeus Genera Plantarum (1737) 20) < ancient Greek πόα grass < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian pieva meadow, prairie. Compare French poa (1760).

Any of numerous grasses constituting the genus Poa (family Poaceae or Gramineae), comprising perennial and some annual grasses widely distributed in temperate and cold regions, many of which are used as pasture, lawn, or fodder grasses. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also (in form Poa): the genus itself. Cf. meadow grass n. 2.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 67.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass

meadow grass1597

silver grass1600

lovegrass1702

spear-grass1747

bluegrass1751

wiregrass1751

poa1753

poa grass1759

Suffolk grass1759

fowl-meadow-grass1774

penguin grass1776

mead grass1778

June grass1840

weeping Polly1880

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Poa, in the Linnæan system of botany, the name of a distinct genus of plants of the grass kind..the calyx is a glume composed of two valves, containing several flowers disposed in a two-rowed oval, or oblong spike.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 143 There are four sorts of Poa very common in most meadows.

1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 2 57 A mixture of..burnet, and dwarf poa.

1808 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford (ed. 2) viii. 90 The grasses are of the common sorts; but the foxtail, the vernal grass, the poa's, the dog's tail, and the meadow bromus's predominate.

1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 382 Poa serotina, Late Poa. Fowl Meadow-Grass. False Red-top.

1917 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses vii. 125 Poa maritima, Huds. (Sea Poa.) A somewhat creeping perennial, frequent on the shores of the British Isles.

1991 New Scientist 19 Oct. 18/2 The new allergen is associated with starch granules in the pollen of the most common grasses: rye-grasses, the fescues or redtops, and the poas—a group which includes Kentucky bluegrass.

Compounds

poa grass n. a grass of the genus Poa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass

meadow grass1597

silver grass1600

lovegrass1702

spear-grass1747

bluegrass1751

wiregrass1751

poa1753

poa grass1759

Suffolk grass1759

fowl-meadow-grass1774

penguin grass1776

mead grass1778

June grass1840

weeping Polly1880

1759 London Mag. 28 183/1 ( (heading) ) Annual poa grass.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 xlii. 183 We have a far better grass, under the name of po-grass.

1910 W. H. Hudson Shepherd's Life (1993) xiii. 106 There are other chalk streams in Wiltshire and Hampshire and Dorset—swift crystal currents that play all summer long with the floating poa grass fast held in their pebbly beds.

1971 Homes & Gardens Sept. 128/1 There is a silver-striped poa grass that shows up brilliantly anywhere, but it must not be allowed to spread.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poa
释义	poan. Brit. /ˈpəʊə/, U.S. /ˈpoʊə/ Forms: 1700s po, 1700s– poa. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Poa. Etymology: < scientific Latin Poa, genus name ( Linnaeus Genera Plantarum (1737) 20) < ancient Greek πόα grass < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian pieva meadow, prairie. Compare French poa (1760). Any of numerous grasses constituting the genus Poa (family Poaceae or Gramineae), comprising perennial and some annual grasses widely distributed in temperate and cold regions, many of which are used as pasture, lawn, or fodder grasses. Frequently with distinguishing word. Also (in form Poa): the genus itself. Cf. meadow grass n. 2.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 67. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass meadow grass1597 silver grass1600 lovegrass1702 spear-grass1747 bluegrass1751 wiregrass1751 poa1753 poa grass1759 Suffolk grass1759 fowl-meadow-grass1774 penguin grass1776 mead grass1778 June grass1840 weeping Polly1880 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Poa, in the Linnæan system of botany, the name of a distinct genus of plants of the grass kind..the calyx is a glume composed of two valves, containing several flowers disposed in a two-rowed oval, or oblong spike. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 143 There are four sorts of Poa very common in most meadows. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 2 57 A mixture of..burnet, and dwarf poa. 1808 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford (ed. 2) viii. 90 The grasses are of the common sorts; but the foxtail, the vernal grass, the poa's, the dog's tail, and the meadow bromus's predominate. 1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 382 Poa serotina, Late Poa. Fowl Meadow-Grass. False Red-top. 1917 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses vii. 125 Poa maritima, Huds. (Sea Poa.) A somewhat creeping perennial, frequent on the shores of the British Isles. 1991 New Scientist 19 Oct. 18/2 The new allergen is associated with starch granules in the pollen of the most common grasses: rye-grasses, the fescues or redtops, and the poas—a group which includes Kentucky bluegrass. Compounds poa grass n. a grass of the genus Poa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass meadow grass1597 silver grass1600 lovegrass1702 spear-grass1747 bluegrass1751 wiregrass1751 poa1753 poa grass1759 Suffolk grass1759 fowl-meadow-grass1774 penguin grass1776 mead grass1778 June grass1840 weeping Polly1880 1759 London Mag. 28 183/1 ( (heading) ) Annual poa grass. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 xlii. 183 We have a far better grass, under the name of po-grass. 1910 W. H. Hudson Shepherd's Life (1993) xiii. 106 There are other chalk streams in Wiltshire and Hampshire and Dorset—swift crystal currents that play all summer long with the floating poa grass fast held in their pebbly beds. 1971 Homes & Gardens Sept. 128/1 There is a silver-striped poa grass that shows up brilliantly anywhere, but it must not be allowed to spread. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas P.O.A. P.O.A. n. Probation of Offenders Act. ΚΠ 1944 J. H. Bagot Punitive Detention i. 13 In the years 1936 to 1939 a marked tendency is disclosed for the proportions discharged P.O.A. and fined to decrease and for the proportion placed on probation to increase. 1945 Notes & Queries 10 Mar. 106/1 ‘Dismissed P.O.A.’ simply means that a case is dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1907... Such dismissals are of such daily occurrence in the courts that P.O.A. are initials as commonly understood as are R.A.F. or Y.M.C.A. in their respective spheres. extracted from Pn. < n.1753 as lemmas
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