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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