As nouns the difference between puya and puma
is that puya is a hindu scripture or puya can be (botany) any member of the genus of bromeliad plants while puma is puma.
puya
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From the genus name.
Noun
(
en noun)
(botany) Any member of the genus of bromeliad plants.
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puma
Noun
(
en noun)
The mountain lion, cougar, Puma concolor .