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Definition of Poa compressa

Poa compressa
Wire Wire, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. ????.] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers. 2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. Wire cartridge, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage. Wire cloth, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, -- used for strainers, and for various other purposes. Wire edge, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it. Wire fence, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. Wire gauge or gage. (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively. Wire gauze, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. Wire grass (Bot.), either of the two common grasses Eleusine Indica, valuable for hay and pasture, and Poa compressa, or blue grass. See Blue grass. Wire grub (Zo["o]l.), a wireworm. Wire iron, wire rods of iron. Wire lathing, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the place of wooden lathing for holding plastering. Wire mattress. See Wire bed, above. Wire micrometer, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine wires, across the field of the instrument. Wire nail, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed and pointed. Wire netting, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze. Wire rod, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. Wire rope, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires.
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Blue grass Blue" grass` (Bot.) A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious.
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Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent, pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass, pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as Switch grass (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. Andropogon provincialis. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint, hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. (a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides. (b) Same as Grama grass (below).

Meaning of Poa compressa from wikipedia

- Poa compressa, the Canada bluegr**** or flattened meadow-gr****, is a perennial flattened meadow gr****, similar to common meadow-gr****, Poa pratensis. It...
- meadow-gr**** Poa chathamica Poa cita – silver tussock Poa clivicola - fine-leaved snow gr**** Poa colensoi – blue tussock Poa compressa – flattened meadow-gr****...
- Petrie Poa colensoi Hook.f. Poa colombiana Soreng & Sylvester Poa × complanata Schur Poa compressa L. Poa confinis Vasey Poa congesta Refulio Poa cookii...
- September 10, 2024. "Element Stewardship Abstract for Poa pratensis, Poa compressa Kentucky Bluegr****, Canada Bluegr****" (PDF). www.invasives.org. Retrieved...
- Festuca bulbosa Delarbre Festuca caerulescens Boiss. ex Hack. Festuca compressa DC. Festuca consobrina Timb.-Lagr. Festuca durandoi subsp. fontqueri (Rivas...
- species without microscopic examination. It is similar to other Poa such as Poa compressa. This gr**** grows in cool wetland habitat types such as bogs,...
- redtop (Agrostis gigantea), timothy (Phleum pratense), Canada bluegr**** (Poa compressa), Kentucky bluegr**** (P. pratensis), red fescue (Festuca rubra), five-fingers...
- such as little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Canada bluegr**** (Poa compressa), and American dunegr**** (Leymus mollis). Alpine sweetvetch is an important...
- australis – common reed gr**** Pinus sylvestris – Scots pine Poa compressa – Canada bluegr**** Poa pratensis – Kentucky bluegr**** Populus alba – white poplar...
- National Park. Plants ****ociated with it include Canada bluegr**** (Poa compressa), prairie Junegr**** (Koeleria cristata), rough fescue (Festuca altaica)...