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Puka vs Puya - What's the difference?

puka | puya |

As nouns the difference between puka and puya

is that puka is a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces while puya is a Hindu scripture.

puka

English

(puka shell)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
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    puya

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Hindu scripture.

    • Etymology 2

    From the genus name.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Any member of the genus of bromeliad plants.
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