資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, n.
One of the United States.
{Kentucky blue grass} (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow
grass ({Poa pratensis}), found in both Europe and America.
See under {Blue grass}.
{Kentucky coffee tree} (Bot.), a tall North American tree
({Gymnocladus Canadensis}) with bipinnate leaves. It
produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which
have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is
very valuable.
Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grass.] (Bot.)
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).
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.