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hoya
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hoya has 1 sense
- hoya(n = noun.plant) Array - any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers; Array is a kind of vine
is a member of genus hoya
has particulars: honey plant, hoya carnosa, wax plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
hoya, n.
any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers. [WordNet 1.5]
hoya, n.
any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers. [WordNet 1.5]
hoya, n.
Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hoya, n. any climbing shrub of the genus Hoya, with pink, white, or yellow waxy flowers.
Etymology
mod.L f. T. Hoy, Engl. gardener d. 1821
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