Meanings
plural funkias
- Any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).
The funkias, or plantain lilies, as they are called because of their broad ribbed foliage, are as Victorian as antimacassars or chaperons; but there is about them a certain dignity and civility often characteristic of the properties of the Victorian Age […]
1997, Louise Beebe Wilder, What Happens in My Garden, page 129Synonyms: giboshi, hosta, plantain lily
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).
Origin
- GermanFunck
- translingualFunkia
- Englishfunkia
From the genus name, translingual Funkia, from German Funck, after botanist H. C. Funck.
More words from translingual, German
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