genus Hoya

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genus Hoya - large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice hoya - any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers