poophyte/ˈpoʊ.əˌfaɪt/EtymologyDerived from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “grass”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”). By surface analysis, poa + -phyte.nounA plant that grows best in grass-covered meadows.“Passing through the heliophilous poads and poophytes, we arrived at a forewold abounding in driodads and sciophytes, the cyriodoche of the latter being somewhat interfered with by pyrium and ecballium; further on, hylads, hylodads, and hylophytes diversified the scene.”