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Meaning of funkia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).

Examples

“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 […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

funkification funkiness funkioside funkite funkitude funkmaster