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PUKA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Meryta sinclairii; puka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Griselinia lucida; puka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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