hosta

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɒstə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hō′stə, hos′tə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hos•ta  (hō′stə, hos′tə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
  • Neo-Latin (1797), after Nicolaus Thomas Host (1761–1834), Austrian botanist; see -a2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hosta / ˈhɒstə/
  1. any plant of the liliaceous genus Hosta, of China and Japan: cultivated esp for their ornamental foliage
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, named after N. T. Host (1761–1834), Austrian physician
'hosta' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
plantain lily

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