puga'an Variant. pugan noun English. Medium-sized palm having an edible portion at the top where the fronds grow from the trunk and the base of whose mature fronds provide a fuzz used in starting fire. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' mekaita'a puga'an metaas ig bai'en, penaga' mu, pu' malap pau dun ig bai'en, baalen ku puluan gatsa. English. If you find a puga'an palm with a tall trunk, cut it down, because I want a piece of its trunk to make an axe handle out of.