PUKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puka mean? 

• PUKA (noun)
  The noun PUKA has 2 senses:

1. South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers

2. small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers

  Familiarity information: PUKA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Griselinia lucida; puka

Hypernyms ("puka" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("puka" is a member of...):

genus Griselinia; Griselinia (evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Meryta sinclairii; puka

Hypernyms ("puka" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("puka" is a member of...):

genus Meryta; Meryta (small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka)