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hosta

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hos=ta

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hosta has 1 sense

hosta(n = noun.plant) funka, genus funka, genus hosta - robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae; Array

is a kind of liliid monocot genus

is a member of family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hosta, prop. n.

A genus of robust East Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in the family Hostaceae. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

hosta, n. any perennial garden plant of the genus Hosta (formerly Funkia) with green or variegated ornamental leaves and loose clusters of tubular mauve or white flowers.

Etymology

mod.L, f. N. T. Host, Austrian physician d. 1834

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