Araucaria Definition

ărou-kărē-ə
noun
Any of several evergreen coniferous trees of the genus Araucaria native to South America, Australia, and islands of the southwest Pacific Ocean, having awl-shaped leaves and whorled branches and including Norfolk lsland pine.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Araucaria) of the araucaria family of cone-bearing trees with flat, scalelike needles, native to the Southern Hemisphere and grown as ornamentals in other areas; esp., the monkey puzzle tree and the Norfolk Island pine.
Webster's New World
An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria.
Wiktionary
A species of the genus Araucaria.
Wiktionary
adjective
Designating a family (Araucariaceae) of unusual conifers found esp. in Chile, Australia, and S U.S.
Webster's New World

Origin of Araucaria

  • From Spanish Araucaria , (tree) of Arauco, a former province of south-central Chile

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after the Chilean province of Arauco.

    From Wiktionary

Araucaria Sentence Examples

  • Araucaria imbricata, the Chile pine, or "monkey puzzle," was introduced into Britain in 1796.

  • Araucaria brasiliana, the Brazil pine, is a native of the mountains of southern Brazil, and was introduced into Britain in 1819.

  • Araucaria excelsa, the Norfolk Island pine, a native of Norfolk Island and New Caledonia, was discovered during Captain Cook's second voyage, and introduced into Britain by Sir Joseph Banks in 1793.

  • Araucaria Cunninghami, the Moreton Bay pine, is a tall tree abundant on the shores of Moreton Bay, Australia, and found through the littoral region of Queensland to Cape York Peninsula, also in New Guinea.

  • Araucaria Rulei, which is a tree of New Caledonia, attains a height of 50 or 60 ft.

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