ˈpōə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, grass; akin to Greek pidax spring, Lithuanian pieva meadow
1. capitalized : a genus of grasses that are widely distributed in temperate and arctic regions and have open panicles with 2- to 6-flowered spikelets on which the upper scales exceed the empty ones — see kentucky bluegrass , wire grass
2. -s : any grass of the genus Poa