Puya
Translingual
Etymology
From Spanish puya, from Mapudungun puüya.
Proper noun
Puya f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – puya, bromeliads of the Andes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Bromeliaceae – family; Puyoideae - subfamily
References
- Puya (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Puya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Puya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Noun
Puya (plural Puyas)
- Alternative letter-case form of puya.
- 2018 September 1, Madhu Chandra, “The Effects of the Burning of Meitei Puyas (The Sacred Writings of Manipur)”, in article[1]:
- Puyas may be defined as sacred written records handed down to posterity by the forefathers of the Meiteis. They are a particular kind of old narratives which form a definite class in Manipuri literature.