Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of robust East Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in the family
Hostaceae .
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- noun Any of several
herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genusHosta : a plantain lily.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Daylilies are sunlovers, but The Green Man incorporates daylilies into shade gardens, too, as the lush, green draping foliage is a fine foil for shade-loving plants such as hosta, astilbe, and Solomon's seal as well as producing some blooms here and there.
Archive 2008-02-01 Pooky 2008
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Daylilies are sunlovers, but The Green Man incorporates daylilies into shade gardens, too, as the lush, green draping foliage is a fine foil for shade-loving plants such as hosta, astilbe, and Solomon's seal as well as producing some blooms here and there.
DESIGNER DAYLILIES Pooky 2008
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Unlike its cousin, the Canna with its big bold flowers and large tall leaves, the Calla lily is quite subdued nestled among other favorite understory plantings such as hosta, coral bell and the exceptional annual-impatient.
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Certain perennials such as hosta, astilbe, cimicifuga, kirengeshoma and Japanese anemones are particularly susceptible to frost and freeze damage once they begin growing.
newsleader.com - 2009
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True, there are certain races where even a blue-leafed hosta plant would be able to discern the superiority of a Joe Sestak to an avaricious toad like Pat Toomey.
Jerry and Joe Long: Can Scum Save Us From Maniacs? Jerry 2010
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There is, as always, a big bare spot on the hill out front where something (hosta?) died over the winter.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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The light was low and filtering through the flowers, soft breezes were blowing, and the air was heavy with the scent of hosta blossoms - it's no wonder that I fell in love.
Vignettes from the K-State Gardens « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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Could I encourage someone to plant bluebells near a lime-leaved hosta?
Virginia bluebells: a kaleidoscope of spring color « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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True, there are certain races where even a blue-leafed hosta plant would be able to discern the superiority of a Joe Sestak to an avaricious toad like Pat Toomey.
Jerry and Joe Long: Can Scum Save Us From Maniacs? Jerry 2010
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True, there are certain races where even a blue-leafed hosta plant would be able to discern the superiority of a Joe Sestak to an avaricious toad like Pat Toomey.
Jerry and Joe Long: Can Scum Save Us From Maniacs? Jerry 2010
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