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poa

US/ˈpoʊ.ə/

poa noun: any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.

poa: any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua
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Noun (1)

poa (plural poas)

  1. Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.
    • We trod out across fragile alpine heath between poa tussocks and something that smelled of lemon thyme.2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 74

Noun (2) capitalized: POA

POA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of power of attorney.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of place of articulation.

Phrase capitalized: POA

POA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of price on application.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: POA

POA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Prison Officers Association.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: PoA

PoA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Prisoner of Azkaban.

Forms of poa

pluralpoas

Plural of poa: poas

Origin of poa

From scientific Latin Poa (genus name), from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).

Words that rhyme with poa

Questions about poa

What does poa mean?
Poa means any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.
What part of speech is poa?
Poa can be a noun, a phrase or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce poa?
Poa is pronounced /ˈpoʊ.ə/ (US).
What is the plural of poa?
The plural of poa is poas.

Words near poa in the dictionary

  1. po-faces
  2. po-mo
  3. po-po
  4. po-pos
  5. po.
  6. poa
  7. poa pitha
  8. POAC
  9. poaceous
  10. poacevirus
  11. poaceviruses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poa (page history and authors); POA (page history and authors); PoA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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