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punga

punga is the alternative form of ponga.

Meaning of ponga

Noun

ponga (plural pongas)

  1. A medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand, of species Alsophila tricolor (syns .Alsophila dealbata, Cyathea dealbata et al.).
    • Hilltop behind hilltop, / A mile of green pungas / In the grey afternoon / Bow their heads to the slanting spears of rain.1972, James K. Baxter, ‘He Waiata mo Te Kare’, Selected Poems, Te Herenga Waka University Press 2023, p. 265
    Synonyms:
    silver fern

Forms of punga

pluralpungas

Questions about punga

What is punga the alternative form of?
Punga is the alternative form of ponga.

Words near punga in the dictionary

  1. Punekars
  2. punese
  3. puneses
  4. pung
  5. Pung-ol-Sibugay
  6. punga
  7. pungapung
  8. pungas
  9. Pungayan
  10. punge
  11. pungence

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