Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun puka
2 senses of puka
Sense 1
puka, Griselinia lucida -- (South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers)
=> shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Sense 2
puka, Meryta sinclairii -- (small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers)
=> tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)