araucaria
noun
any of several coniferous trees of the genus Araucaria, of warm regions.
araucarias
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pluralof araucaria.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Deposits of the period at Bournemouth and in the Isle of Wight tell the same story of a land that bore figs, vines, palms, araucarias, and aralias, and waters that sheltered turtles and crocodiles.
From The Story of Evolution by Joseph McCabe
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
There are acacias, sumachs, cedar deodaras, araucarias, laurels, planes, beds of rhododendrons, and so on.
From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
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
