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Hoya
Hoya
See also: hoya
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, after Thomas Hoy + -a
Proper noun
Hoya f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the hoyas or waxflowers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Asclepiadoideae - subfamily; Marsdenieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Hoya carnosa - type species
- Hoya sect. Acanthostemma, Hoya sect. Amblyostemm, Hoya sect. Angustialatus, Hoya sect. Angusticarinatae, Hoya sect. Antiostelma, Hoya sect. Centrostemma, Hoya sect. Cystidianthus, Hoya sect. Eriostemma, Hoya sect. Hoya, Hoya sect. Kloiphora, Hoya sect. Latiretinacula, Hoya sect. Oreostemma, Hoya sect. Otostemma, Hoya sect. Pachystelma, Hoya sect. Peltostemma, Hoya sect. Physostemma, Hoya sect. Plocostemma, Hoya sect. Pterostelma - sections
- For fuller lists of the 200-300 species see Hoya at The Plant List
- Hoya sect. Acanthostemma, Hoya sect. Amblyostemm, Hoya sect. Angustialatus, Hoya sect. Angusticarinatae, Hoya sect. Antiostelma, Hoya sect. Centrostemma, Hoya sect. Cystidianthus, Hoya sect. Eriostemma, Hoya sect. Hoya, Hoya sect. Kloiphora, Hoya sect. Latiretinacula, Hoya sect. Oreostemma, Hoya sect. Otostemma, Hoya sect. Pachystelma, Hoya sect. Peltostemma, Hoya sect. Physostemma, Hoya sect. Plocostemma, Hoya sect. Pterostelma - sections
English
Noun
Hoya (plural Hoyas)
- (US) A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.