[hoh-stuh, hos-tuh] 
| any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily. |
| hos·ta (hō'stə, hŏs'tə) n. See plantain lily. [New Latin Hosta, genus name, after Nicolaus Thomas Host (1761-1834), Austrian botanist.] |
| plantain lily n. Any of several eastern Asian plants of the genus Hosta, widely cultivated for their clumps of long-lasting foliage and their white, blue, or lilac flowers borne in a terminal, scapose, one-sided raceme. Also called hosta. |
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