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hoya

释义

‖ hoya Bot.|ˈhɔɪə|
[mod.Bot.L., from the name of Thomas Hoy, an English gardener (died 1821).]
A large genus of climbing herbaceous plants (N.O. Asclepiadaceæ), bearing dense umbels of fleshy or waxen flowers, pink, white, or yellow; commonly known as honey-plants, wax-plants, or wax-flowers. They are natives of southern Asia, the Malay archipelago, and Australia, and are cultivated in greenhouses for their beauty.
[1816J. Maher in Trans. Hortic. Soc. II. 197 (heading) On a remarkable property of the Hoya Carnosa.]1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 972 Hoya, or wax flower.1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. I. 111 Native jessamine and waxen hoya shed their fragrance in the air.1894Blackmore Perlycross 446, I have almost spoiled that truss of Hoya.

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