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GENUS HOYA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hoya" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hoya"):
hoya (any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Hoya" is a member of...):
Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)
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