Translingual

Hoya carnosa

Etymology

New Latin, after Thomas Hoy + -a

Proper noun

Hoya f

1. 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

English

Noun

Hoya ‎(plural Hoyas)

1. (US) A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.

English

Hoya bella

Wikispecies

Noun

hoya ‎(plural hoyas)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Hoya

Anagrams

• ahoy