Hosta

See also: hosta, hósta, and hösta

Translingual

Hosta plantaginea

Etymology

New Latin, after Nicholas Thomas Host +‎ -a

Proper noun

Hosta f

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

Synonyms

Funkia

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Asparagaceae - family; Agavoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Hosta plantaginea; for other species see Hosta on WikispeciesWikispecies

References

Hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hosta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hosta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Hosta at USDA Plants database

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