araucaria
Americannoun
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araucarias
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Origin of araucaria
1825–35; < New Latin, named after Arauc ( o ) province in central Chile; see -aria
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Back on the black volcanic field crossed by the Truful Truful, as a snowstorm approached a nearby peak with thousand-year-old araucaria trees, Curin defined his people’s goal in more essential terms.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
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 ● Mar. 29, 2019
As DePalma worked around the paddlefish, more of the araucaria branch came to light, including its short, spiky needles.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019
And they don't have the flamboyant crowns of the araucaria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2015
There is a dry bituminous wood upon the plateau—a species of araucaria, according to our botanist—which is always used by the Indians for torches.
From The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It is laid down with matting and rugs, and standing here and there are flowering plants and two fine araucarias.
From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Helen C. Black
It will often be worth while to supplement these with others, to be had at the florists, such as caladiums, screw pines, Ficus elastica, araucarias, Musa Ensete, palms, dracenas, crotons, and others.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
There is an increasing demand for foliage hothouse plants, such as ferns, palms, crotons, aspidistras, araucarias, dracaenas, India-rubber plants, aralias, grevilleas, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Dusky fir-trees, groups of Australian araucarias, and Japanese oak trees and chestnuts set off the brightness of the flower beds.
From Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java by Thomas H. Reid
There are acacias, sumachs, cedar deodaras, araucarias, laurels, planes, beds of rhododendrons, and so on.
From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
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