funkia

See also: Funkia

English

Etymology

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

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

• Hosta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia