| puka | (n) South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers, Syn. Griselinia lucida |
| puka | (n) small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers, Syn. Meryta sinclairii |
| puka inti | (n) a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings, Syn. Sol Rojo, Red Sun |