hoy·a (hoi  )n. Any of several evergreen climbing vines or shrubs of the genus Hoya, with a home range from India and southern China to Australia and having opposite, simple leaves and axillary, umbellate flower clusters. Also called porcelain flower, wax vine. [New Latin Hoya, genus name, after Thomas Hoy (1750?-1822), British gardener.] |
hoya [ˈhɔɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Hoya, of E Asia and Australia, esp the waxplant popular as a house plant
[named after Thomas Hoy (died 1821), English gardener]
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| Noun | 1. |  hoya - any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowersvine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface genus Hoya - large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia honey plant - a plant that furnishes nectar suitable for making honey Hoya carnosa, wax plant - succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers |
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