hosta

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈhɒstə/ (UK)
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/ˈhɒstə/ (UK) · /ˈhoʊ stə/ (US) · /ˈhɑs tə/ (US)

Definition of hosta

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta.

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Etymology

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

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