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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ken·tuck·y prop. 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.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Po·a n.  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).
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.