different between bromeliad vs puya

English

Etymology

From New Latin Bromeliaceae.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b????mi?liæd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b?o??mi?liæd/

Noun

bromeliad (plural bromeliads)

1. Any of various tropical or subtropical New World herbaceous plants in the family Bromeliaceae.

Alternative forms

• bromelid (uncommon, possibly nonstandard)

See also

• air plant

English

Etymology 1

From Manipuri ???? (puya)

Noun

puya (plural puyas)

1. A Meetei scripture

Etymology 2

From Spanish puya, from Mapudungun puüya.

Noun

puya (plural puyas)

1. (botany) A member of the genus Puya of bromeliad plants. [from 19th c.]
   • 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide 2000, p. 45:

     The puya is a strange form of bromeliad, and the giant species grows ever so slowly for between 30 and 100 years and then sends a flower spike covered in 8000 florets about 9 metres (30 feet) up into the air, like a floral telegraph pole.

Anagrams

• ay up, ayup, yaup

Asturian

Noun

puya f (plural puyes)

1. auction (public sales event)
2. bid

Related terms

• puyar

Capiznon

Noun

puya

1. child

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *p?gia, from Latin p?gi? (“dagger”).

Noun

puya f (plural puyas)

1. (bullfighting) sharp point on the tip of the vara (bullfighter's lance)
2. jibe; taunt

Derived terms

• puyazo

See also

• pulla

Etymology 2

Interjection

puya

1. (El Salvador, euphemistic) fudge (euphemism of the interjection puta (“fuck!”))

   Synonym: púchica