puyan.

Brit.

/ˈpuːjə/, U.S.

/ˈpujə/

Forms: 1800s puza, 1800s– puya.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish puya.

Etymology: < Bolivian and Chilean Spanish puya (although this is apparently only recorded later in dictionaries of Spanish: 1925) < Mapuche puüya. Adopted as scientific Latin Puya, genus name, by G. I. Molina ( Saggio della storia naturale del Chili (1782) 160).

Any of numerous, often giant, terrestrial bromeliads constituting the genus Puya, chiefly of dry regions of the Andes, having rosettes of stiff, spiny leaves, and blue or yellow flowers borne singly or in spikes or racemes, and including P. raimondii, the largest known bromeliad. Also (in form Puya): the genus itself.

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puya1808

1808 R. Alsop tr. G. I. Molina Geogr., Nat. & Civil Hist. Chili I. iii. 111 The trunk of the puya..is used for cork throughout Chili.

1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 334/4 Genera [of Bromeliaceae]... Puya, Molin.

1847 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 73 4309 (heading) Altenstein's Puya; gigantic variety.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar. 11/1 We mounted over rocks and more dust for some 2,000 feet, among puzas and succulent and prickly plants.

1920 Nature 8 Apr. 160/2 On a sandstone plateau [in Bolivia]..was growing the gigantic ‘Puya’.

1963 W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 240 The Chilean puyas, if it is true that they are fertilized by hummingbirds, are exceptions.

1997 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 84 664 Further evidence for the paraphyly of Pitcairnioideae includes the resolution of Puya as the sister group to Bromelioideae.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puya
释义	puyan. Brit. /ˈpuːjə/, U.S. /ˈpujə/ Forms: 1800s puza, 1800s– puya. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish puya. Etymology: < Bolivian and Chilean Spanish puya (although this is apparently only recorded later in dictionaries of Spanish: 1925) < Mapuche puüya. Adopted as scientific Latin Puya, genus name, by G. I. Molina ( Saggio della storia naturale del Chili (1782) 160). Any of numerous, often giant, terrestrial bromeliads constituting the genus Puya, chiefly of dry regions of the Andes, having rosettes of stiff, spiny leaves, and blue or yellow flowers borne singly or in spikes or racemes, and including P. raimondii, the largest known bromeliad. Also (in form Puya): the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Bromeliaceae > [noun] > puya plant puya1808 1808 R. Alsop tr. G. I. Molina Geogr., Nat. & Civil Hist. Chili I. iii. 111 The trunk of the puya..is used for cork throughout Chili. 1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 334/4 Genera [of Bromeliaceae]... Puya, Molin. 1847 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 73 4309 (heading) Altenstein's Puya; gigantic variety. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Mar. 11/1 We mounted over rocks and more dust for some 2,000 feet, among puzas and succulent and prickly plants. 1920 Nature 8 Apr. 160/2 On a sandstone plateau [in Bolivia]..was growing the gigantic ‘Puya’. 1963 W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 240 The Chilean puyas, if it is true that they are fertilized by hummingbirds, are exceptions. 1997 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 84 664 Further evidence for the paraphyly of Pitcairnioideae includes the resolution of Puya as the sister group to Bromelioideae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808
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