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araucaria

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun araucaria has 1 sense

araucaria(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds; Array

is a member of

genus araucaria

has particulars: araucaria araucana, chile pine, monkey puzzle, araucaria excelsa, araucaria heterophylla, norfolk island pine, araucaria columnaris, new caledonian pine, araucaria bidwillii, bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree, araucaria cunninghamii, hoop pine, moreton bay pine

is a kind of conifer, coniferous tree

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CIDE DICTIONARY

araucaria, n. [Araucania, a territory south of Chili.].

A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

araucaria, n. any evergreen conifer of the genus Araucaria, e.g. the monkey-puzzle tree.

Etymology

mod.L f. Arauco, name of a province in Chile

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