Associations to the word «Hosta»

Wiktionary

HOSTA, noun. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta: a plantain lily.
HOSTA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae   — the hostas, native to temperate northeast Asia.

Dictionary definition

HOSTA, noun. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae.

Wise words

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