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Definition of Poa nemoralis

1. Noun. Slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poa Nemoralis

Literary usage of Poa nemoralis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1865)
"... 2 Ibs. of the evergreen-wood meadow grass (Poa nemoralis var, Sempervirens,) may be added to the quantities given above; and where the ground is shaded ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"White Mountains of New Hampshire. Also in Europe. Summer. 12. Poa nemoralis L. Wood Meadow-grass. Northern Spear-grass. (Fig. 47o.) Poa nemoralis L. Sp. Pl. ..."

3. The Grasses of Britain by Richard Parnell (1845)
"It has since been found in other parts of England. Its agricultural merits probably rank with Poa nemoralis. Flowers in July. Explanation of Plate XCIII. ..."

4. The Grasses of Great Britain by John Edward Sowerby, Charles Johnson (1861)
"... distinguished from Poa nemoralis by its flowers not being webbed, and its upper sheath being longer than its leaf; whereas in Poa nemoralis the flowers ..."

5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1865)
"... 2 Ibs. of the evergreen-wood meadow grass (Poa nemoralis var, Sempervirens,) may be added to the quantities given above; and where the ground is shaded ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"White Mountains of New Hampshire. Also in Europe. Summer. 12. Poa nemoralis L. Wood Meadow-grass. Northern Spear-grass. (Fig. 47o.) Poa nemoralis L. Sp. Pl. ..."

7. The Grasses of Britain by Richard Parnell (1845)
"It has since been found in other parts of England. Its agricultural merits probably rank with Poa nemoralis. Flowers in July. Explanation of Plate XCIII. ..."

8. The Grasses of Great Britain by John Edward Sowerby, Charles Johnson (1861)
"... distinguished from Poa nemoralis by its flowers not being webbed, and its upper sheath being longer than its leaf; whereas in Poa nemoralis the flowers ..."

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