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hoya noun[ C ] uk /ˈhɔɪ.jə/ us /ˈhɔɪ.jə/ a climbing Asian and Australian evergreen(= that never loses its leaves) tropical plant with white and pink flowers, grown in gardens or in a container inside a house: The hoya now spread its vines down to the floor and across the walls. Hoyas come in different shapes and sizes and have the daintiest of blooms with a lovely smell. The bedroom was overgrown with the vines of the flowering hoya. From the ceiling, on a hook, hung a waxy leafed hoya. She had various hoya plants clambering about the roof. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Climbing plants bindweed Boston ivy bougainvillea clematis climber English ivy fox grape grapevine honeysuckle ivied old man's beard passion flower philodendron plumbago poison ivy sweet pea traveller's joy trumpet vine twining vine
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