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ar·au·car·i·a

(ăr′ou-kăr′ē-ə)

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

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

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araucaria

(ˌærɔːˈkɛərɪə)

(Plants) any tree of the coniferous genus Araucaria of South America, Australia, and Polynesia, such as the monkey puzzle and bunya-bunya

[C19: from New Latin (arbor) Araucaria (tree) from Arauco, a province in Chile]

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ar•au•car•i•a

(ˌær ɔˈkɛər i ə)

n., pl. -car•i•as.

any of several South American and Australasian trees of the genus Araucaria, of the monkey puzzle family, as the Norfolk Island pine.

[1825–35; < New Latin, after Arauc(o) province in central Chile; see -aria]

ar`au•car′i•an, adj.

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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

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