noun

• A climbing or sprawling evergreen shrub with ornamental foliage and waxy flowers, native to SE Asia and the Pacific and grown as a greenhouse or indoor plant.

  Genus Hoya, family Asclepiadaceae

  ‘Less vigorous a climber, but with equally intriguing pale pink flowers is the hoya, one of the easiest vines to grow in a pot.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He enjoys his climbing hoya and the photo of his enormous cabbage.’
  • ‘Other house plants to enjoy growing this way include wandering Jew, hoya, English ivy, trailing philodendron, Hawaiian ti, and, of course, lucky bamboo.’
  • ‘As is typical for member of the milkweed family, the hoya exudes a sticky sap if cut or damaged.’