funkia

See also: Funkia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

funkia (plural funkias)

  1. Any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).
    • 1997, Louise Beebe Wilder, What Happens in My Garden, page 129:
      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 […]

Synonyms
  • giboshi
  • hosta
  • plantain lily

Further reading
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