genus hoya

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1. large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	hoya,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	asclepiadaceae, family asclepiadaceae, milkweed family,
definition	:	widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice (noun.plant)