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Araucaria
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Arˊau-ca′ri-a
,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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Araucaria
Araucaria
Translingual
Etymology
Named after the Chilean province of Arauco + -aria
Proper noun
Araucaria f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – conifer trees, native to South America and Australasia, including nine species, including the monkey puzzle.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Gymnospermae - superclass; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Araucariaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Araucaria araucana (syn. Araucaria imbricata) - type species; for other species see Araucaria at The Plant List.
English
Noun
Araucaria (plural Araucarias)
- A species of the genus Araucaria.
- 2010, Richard Allen, Kimbal Baker, Australia's Remarkable Trees (ISBN 0522856691):
- He was particularly fond of mainland Australia's two Araucarias — the Bunya Pine and the Hoop Pine.
- 2010, Richard Allen, Kimbal Baker, Australia's Remarkable Trees (ISBN 0522856691):
See also
- the English noun araucaria
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English
Noun
araucaria (plural araucarias)
- An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria.
Translations
See also
- the English noun Araucaria