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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.]
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Noun1.hoyahoya - any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
vine - 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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