2. (noun) shield, padding, protection, garment wrapped round the arm as protection from blows.
Ko ōna rākau patu, he kōpere, he taiaha, he hoari, he puapua (TWM 22/8/1863:3). / His weapons were bows and arrows, spears, swords and shields.
Synonyms: ārei, kahupeka, whakaruruhau, whakapuru tao, maru, ārai, pākai, hīra, pukupuku, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, tiakanga, whakamaru, kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau
3. (noun) wreath.
4. (noun) vulva.
Ko te puapua te puaretanga o te tara o te wahine. / The vulva is the external opening of a woman's vagina.
5. (noun) pistil, carpel.
Synonyms: hema-uwha
6. (noun) petal.
Hei tango i te tae ka kopenua ka tātaritia ngā puapua mā ngā puapua o te toetoe, ērā momo tipu (Te Ara 2015). / To extract the juice, the petals were crushed and strained through toetoe and such plants.
Synonyms: raupua
7. (noun) clematis, Clematis paniculata, Clematis forsteri - climbing plants with white, showy flowers and hand-shaped arranged leaves with three 'fingers'. The seed heads are fluffy.
See also puawānanga
