[hoíə]
| (n.) | Any of several evergreen climbing vines or shrubs of the genus Hoya, with a home range from India and southern China to Australia and having opposite, simple leaves and axillary, umbellate flower clusters. Also called porcelain flower, wax vine |
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Hoya is a genus of 200-230 species of tropical climbing plants in the family Apocynaceae (Dogbane), native to southern Asia (India east to southern China and southward), Australia, and Polynesia. ...
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Its a tropical plant that sometimes people call Grandma's Old Fashioned Wax Plant. There are over 200 different species of the Hoya plant. It even has its own catalog. Look here for more information: http://www.succulent-plant.com/families/...
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Georgetown Hoyas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Georgetown Hoyas are the athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University in college sports. The school is located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and was found...
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Many years ago, when all Georgetown students were required to study Greek and Latin, the University's teams were nicknamed "The Stonewalls." It is suggested that a student, using Greek and Latin terms, started the cheer "Hoya Saxa!", which translates into "What Rocks!" The name proved popular and the term "Hoyas"
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Hoya Insider Archives ... Hoya Insider Blog ... Hoya Kids Club...
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Bringing Hoya Hoops Back to Life ... The Hoya Paranoia ... Hoya Faces Community at Open Forum...
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The University admits that the precise origin of the term “Hoya” is unknown. The official story is that at some point prior to 1920, students well-versed in the classical languages invented the Greek hoia or hoya, meaning “what” or “such”, ...
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