Etymology

hosta

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Today it means: Any of several herbaceous Asiatic plants of the genus Hosta. Full definition →

translingual Hosta f
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromHosta f
  2. English todayhosta

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

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