Hosta Definition

hōstə, hŏstə
hostas
noun

Plantain lily.

Webster's New World
Any of various perennial plants of the genus Hosta, native to East Asia and widely cultivated for their attractive shade-tolerant foliage and tall racemes of white, blue, or lilac flowers.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • genus Funka
  • Funka
  • genus Hosta
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae — the hostas, native to temperate northeast Asia.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Hosta

Noun

Singular:
hosta
Plural:
hostas

Origin of Hosta

  • New Latin Hosta genus name after Nicolaus Thomas Host (1761–1834), Austrian botanist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Nicolaus Thomas Host, Austrian botanist

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin after Nicholas Thomas Host +‎ -a

    From Wiktionary

Hosta Sentence Examples

  • The nursery specializes in perennials, grasses and woodland plants including hosta and hemerocallis (daylilies ).

  • Hosta June still looks good even when most other hosta June still looks good even when most other hostas are starting to loose their leaves.

  • How to deter slugs, snails, mollusks around hosta plants slugs and snails enjoy hosta plants slugs and snails enjoy hosta environments.

  • Slugs and snails love to chew on leaves, particularly hosta and other plants growing in moist, shady locations.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

ATASTA

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