hoya

[ hoi-uh ]

noun

1. any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.

hoya

/ ˈhɔɪə /

noun

1. any plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Hoya, of E Asia and Australia, esp the waxplant popular as a house plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoya¹

< New Latin, named after Thomas Hoy (circa 1750–1822), English gardener; -a ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoya¹

C19: named after Thomas Hoy (died 1821), English gardener

Example Sentences

There are so many people who are great fighters in the world, like Shane Mosley, Oscar de la Hoya, and Roy Jones Jr.

From The Daily Beast

Initially, De La Hoya denied the authenticity of the photographs.

From The Daily Beast

Tabloids are raising new questions about Oscar De La Hoya's private life.

From The Daily Beast

On those nights when Oscar De La Hoya becomes Oscar de la Renta, what are we to think?

From The Daily Beast

“We kissed at the party,” he admitted to his school paper, The Hoya.

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I remember spending two hours in trying to make out what the following words could mean: Hoy—alla—hoya;—hoya, hoya—hoy—waudihoya.

From Project Gutenberg

Later another adventurer, one Count Johan von Hoya, had appeared upon the scene.

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Regarding the matter of conferring fiefs on Hoya, the Cabinet yielded to the king's desire.

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The person to whom the matter was intrusted was the monarch's brother-in-law, Johan von Hoya.

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There are several varieties of Hoya, but one only is generally cultivated.

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