Hoya
See also: hoya
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, after Thomas Hoy + -a
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the hoyas or waxflowers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Asclepiadoideae - subfamily; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Hoya carnosa - type species
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References
Hoya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hoya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hoya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Lua error: The template Template:R:ITIS does not use the parameter(s):
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English
Etymology
Derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name Hoyas came into use in the 1920s.
Noun
Hoya (plural Hoyas)
- (US) A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.