araucaria

American  

[ar-aw-kair-ee-uh] / ˌær ɔˈkɛər i ə /

noun

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

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araucaria British  

/ ˌærɔːˈkɛərɪə /

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 Word Forms

• araucarian adjective

Etymology

Origin of araucaria

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

Example Sentences

“Derrik and I saw areas where there was the potential to add new dimensions,” Comstock says of the understory absent beneath towering araucaria trees.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From The New Yorker

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg