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hosta
[ hoh-stuh, hos-tuh ]
/ ˈhoʊ stə, ˈhɒs tə /
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noun
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
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Origin of hosta
<New Latin (1797), after Nicolaus Thomas Host (1761–1834), Austrian botanist; see -a2
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How to use hosta in a sentence
These studies of color and form verge on the abstract but include recognizable features such as beads of water on a hosta leaf.
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British Dictionary definitions for hosta
hosta
/ (ˈhɒstə) /
noun
any plant of the liliaceous genus Hosta, of China and Japan: cultivated esp for their ornamental foliage
Word Origin for hosta
C19: New Latin, named after N. T. Host (1761–1834), Austrian physician
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