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Poa vs. Pod — What's the Difference?

Poa vs. Pod — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Poa and Pod

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Poa

Poa is a genus of about 500 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), and speargrass.

Pod

A dehiscent fruit of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting along two sides.

Poa

Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.

Pod

A dry, several-seeded, dehiscent fruit. Also called seedpod.

Poa

A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).
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Pod

(Zoology) An egg case of certain insects, especially a locust or other orthopteran.

Poa

Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions

Pod

(Geology) An deposit of rock or sediment that is much longer than it is wide.

Pod

A streamlined external housing that encloses engines, machine guns, or fuel.

Pod

A detachable compartment on a spacecraft for carrying personnel or instrumentation.

Pod

Something resembling a pod, as in compactness.

Pod

A group of marine mammals, such as whales, or of certain other animals, such as hippopotamuses.

Pod

The lengthwise groove in certain boring tools such as augers.

Pod

The socket for holding the bit in a boring tool.

Pod

To bear or produce pods.

Pod

To expand or swell like a pod.

Pod

To remove (seeds) from a pod.

Pod

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

Pod

A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.

Pod

A bag; a pouch.

Pod

A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.

Pod

A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.

Pod

A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.

Pod

A nicotine cartridge.

Pod

A lie-flat business or first class seat.

Pod

(intransitive) To bear or produce pods

Pod

(transitive) To remove peas from their case.

Pod

To put into a pod or to enter a pod.

Pod

(intransitive) To swell or fill.

Pod

A bag; a pouch.

Pod

A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.

Pod

A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; - said of seals.

Pod

To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

Pod

The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

Pod

A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant

Pod

A group of aquatic mammals

Pod

A detachable container of fuel on an airplane

Pod

Take something out of its shell or pod;
Pod peas or beans

Pod

Produce pods, of plants

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