Hoya Definition

hoiə
noun
Any of a genus (Hoya) of tropical evergreen shrubs of the milkweed family; esp., a vine (H. carnosa) with waxy, star-shaped, white-and-pink flowers.
Webster's New World
(botany) Any plant of the genus Hoya.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae — the hoyas or waxflowers.

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Other Word Forms of Hoya

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Singular:
hoya
Plural:
hoyas

Origin of Hoya

  • New Latin Hoya genus name after Thomas Hoy (1750?–1822), British gardener

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, after Thomas Hoy + -a

    From Wiktionary

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

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