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araucaria

[ ar-aw-kair-ee-uh ]

noun

  1. any of several coniferous trees of the genus Araucaria, of warm regions.


araucaria

/ ˌæ°ùÉ”Ëˈ°ìɛə°ùɪə /

noun

  1. any tree of the coniferous genus Araucaria of South America, Australia, and Polynesia, such as the monkey puzzle and bunya-bunya
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of araucaria1

1825–35; < New Latin, named after Arauc ( o ) province in central Chile; -aria
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of araucaria1

C19: from New Latin ( arbor ) Araucaria (tree) from Arauco, a province in Chile
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“Derrik and I saw areas where there was the potential to add new dimensions,†Comstock says of the understory absent beneath towering araucaria trees.

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As more of it was exposed, we could clearly see that the fish’s two-foot-long snout had broken when it was forced—probably by the flood’s surge—against the branches of a submerged araucaria tree.

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And they don't have the flamboyant crowns of the araucaria.

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It is laid down with matting and rugs, and standing here and there are flowering plants and two fine araucarias.

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The cypresses, araucarias and some other genera have no true bud-scales; in some species, e.g.

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