Definitions for hoyas

hoyas hoy·a

Spelling: [hoi-uh]
IPA: /ˈhɔɪ ə/

Hoyas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in hoyas (ahosy).

Definitions for hoyas

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.

Origin of hoyas

New Latin, named after Thomas Hoy (circa 1750-1822), English gardener; see -a2

Examples for hoyas

At a little distance, in the place known as hoya de Corralejo, one may still see the Togaror, or tribal meeting place.

The islands abound in plants of that beautiful natural order Apocyne; we found several most elegant species of hoya amongst them.

The next day, about noon, we reached hoya, which was as Far as my present boat and crew were going to take me.

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

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

I have almost spoiled that truss of hoya, and this Schubertia won't stand up.

hoya Carnosa has thick waxy leaves, and bears umbels of beautiful flesh-colored flowers which are very wax-like in appearance.

Battle of hoya in Westphalia, between the allies and French.

Of the cultivated forms, the wax-plant (hoya), and Physianthus are the commonest.

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

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