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hosta.

Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɒstə/UK/ˈhoʊ stə/US/ˈhɑs tə/US
  1. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from translingual Hosta f, from Serbo-Croatian Host + translingual -a f. Named after Nicolaus Thomas Host, Croatian-Austrian botanist.

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