Shade-loving plant
The crossword clue "Shade-loving plant" is answered by HOSTA, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 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 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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