Puya
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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 
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English
Proper noun
Puya
- A group of books written in Ancient Meitei language, mostly sacred to Sanamahism.
- 2018 September 1, Madhu Chandra, “The Effects of the Burning of Meitei Puyas (The Sacred Writings of Manipur)”, in article:
- 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.