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funkia

funkia noun: any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).

Noun

funkia (plural funkias)

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

Synonyms of funkia

Forms of funkia

pluralfunkias

Origin of funkia

From the genus name, translingual Funkia, from German Funck, after botanist H. C. Funck.

Questions about funkia

What does funkia mean?
Funkia means any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).
What part of speech is funkia?
Funkia is a noun.
What is the plural of funkia?
The plural of funkia is funkias.

Words near funkia in the dictionary

  1. Funkes
  2. funkhole
  3. funkholes
  4. Funkhouser
  5. Funkhousers
  6. funkia
  7. funkias
  8. funkier
  9. funkiest
  10. funkification
  11. funkified

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