Definition of Funka

1. Noun. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Funka, Genus Hosta, Hosta
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Day Lily, Plantain Lily

Lexicographical Neighbors of Funka

Fumaria
Fumaria claviculata
Fumaria fungosa
Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria sempervirens
Fumariaceae
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoye
Funafuti
Fundulus
Fundulus heteroclitus
Fundulus majalis
Funen
Funghus Rock
Funka
Funkaceae
Fuqra
Fur
Furby
Furbys
Furnariidae
Furnarius
Furnivall
Furongian
Fury
Fus-ha
Fusanus
Fusanus acuminatus
Fuscoboletinus

Literary usage of Funka

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin, Progress, and Conclusions of the Florida War: To which is by John Titcombe Sprague (1848)
"This band was assembled in December, in the hammock south of Fort Mitchell, running towards the Sho-elota funka. As this hammock does not afford sufficient ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"These fans, which are essential to the comfort of Europeans in India, arc called funka/is, and the relays of perspiring coolies who pull them back and forth ..."

3. History of America Before Columbus: According to Documents and Approved Authors by Peter De Roo (1900)
"... sensibly remarks that the legend does not explain the name, unless that of the officer or of the craft should have been " funka. ..."

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