Hoya Definition

hoiə
noun
Any of a genus (Hoya) of tropical evergreen shrubs of the milkweed family; esp., a vine (H. carnosa) with waxy, star-shaped, white-and-pink flowers.
Webster's New World
(botany) Any plant of the genus Hoya.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae — the hoyas or waxflowers.

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Other Word Forms of Hoya

Noun

Singular:
hoya
Plural:
hoyas

Origin of Hoya

  • New Latin Hoya genus name after Thomas Hoy (1750?–1822), British gardener

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

  • New Latin, after Thomas Hoy + -a

    From Wiktionary

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

Hoya Sentence Examples

  • Most veins are usually easily traced, but in the case of succulent plants, as Hoya, agave, stonecrop and mesembryanthemum, the veins are obscure.

  • They are seldom green, although occasionally that colour is met with, as in some species of Cobaea, Hoya viridiflora, Gonolobus viridiflorus and Pentatropis spiralis.

  • Moakler has a seven-year-old daughter, Atiana, from a previous relationship with Oscar de la Hoya.

  • The Go-Optic.com lab is backed by over 40 years of experience in the optical field, and has established relationships with some of the biggest lens companies in the market, such as Varilux, Zeiss, Esilor, Hoya and many more.

  • Hoya makes the Sungray line, another plastic lens with the photochromic molecules blended into the plastic.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOY

Words Ending With

AYAOYA

Unscrambles

hoya

Words Starting With H and Ending With A

Starts With H & Ends With AStarts With HO & Ends With AStarts With H & Ends With YA

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With H4 Letter Words Ending With A