Plantain lily
The crossword clue "Plantain lily" is answered by HOSTA, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOSTA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOSTA answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HOSTA
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOSTA, most used first.
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Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
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