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Araucaria

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Arˊau-ca′ri-a

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Noun.
[
Araucania
, a territory south of Chili.]
(Bot.)
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.

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Araucária

Araucária

See also: araucaria, Araucaria, and araucária

English

Proper noun

Araucária

  1. A town and municipality in Paraná, Brazil.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Araucária.

Portuguese

Etymology

From araucária ‎(“araucaria”)[1].

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Araucária f

  1. Araucária (a town and municipality in Paraná, Brazil)

References

  1. ↑ 2006, João Carlos Vicente Ferreira, Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes.

araucária

araucária

See also: Araucária, araucaria, and Araucaria

Portuguese

Noun

araucária f (plural araucárias)

  1. araucaria (any tree of the genus Araucaria), especially the Paraná pine

Pronunciation

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