araucaria

ar·au·car·i·a  (rou-kr-)

n.

Any of several evergreen coniferous trees of the genus Araucaria native to South America and Australia, having awl-shaped leaves and whorled branches and including the monkey puzzle and Norfolk lsland pine.

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[From Spanish Araucaria, (tree) of Arauco, a former province of south-central Chile.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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araucaria - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds genus Araucaria - a genus of the araucaria family Araucaria araucana, chile pine, monkey puzzle - large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts Araucaria excelsa, Araucaria heterophylla, norfolk island pine - evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Araucaria columnaris, new caledonian pine - very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides similar to norfolk island pine Araucaria bidwillii, bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree - Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law Araucaria cunninghamii, hoop pine, Moreton Bay pine - pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones