June n.  The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
 And what is so rare as a day in June?
 Then, if ever, come perfect days.   --Lowell.
 June beetle, June bug Zool., any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larvæ of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug or May beetle.
 June grass Bot., a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.

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 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).

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 June grass
      n : valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially
          central United States having tall stalks and slender
          bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass
          mixtures [syn: Kentucky bluegrass, Kentucky blue, {Kentucy
          blue grass, Poa pratensis]