Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various evergreen climbing vines or shrubs of the genus Hoya, native to tropical regions from India to Australasia, some species of which are widely cultivated for their attractive leathery leaves and umbellate clusters of waxy flowers.
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- noun botany Any plant of the genus
Hoya
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Peñafiel calls it a... 'corruption of the Castilian word hoya, which means hollow or excavation in the ground'....
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Just to let you know, the Georgetown Hoya comes from a chant that they used to do back in the day ‘hoya saxa’, or ‘what rocks’ in greek/latin.
College Mascots: Inspiring to Insipid | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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They were steaming hot, right out of the big hoya he had them wrapped in and we bought more for additional meals.
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They were steaming hot, right out of the big hoya he had them wrapped in and we bought more for additional meals.
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Midori-san is a hoya kerrii, which are more commonly called “sweetheart plants” because of their heart-shaped leaves.
Web Translations » Blog Archive » A whole new meaning to “green fingers” 2008
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They were steaming hot, right out of the big hoya he had them wrapped in and we bought more for additional meals.
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This plant of Valerie's, the hoya, likes a pot bound environment and a little neglect.
Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2009
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This plant of Valerie's, the hoya, likes a pot bound environment and a little neglect.
Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2009
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I like jimmie-hoya-doins hellium ballon idea I am sure it has an acoountability record that even a bank would be envious of.
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The Noche Mexicana menu featured pierna Apatzingan style, pollo barbaco estilo Patzcuarense, pescado en hoya de platano, chicharrones in some kind of sauce, and puntas de filet, topped off with platanos machos horneados en ron or flan.
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