Definition of Araucaria

1. Noun. Any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds.


Definition of Araucaria

1. n. 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.

Definition of Araucaria

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Medical Definition of Araucaria

1. 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. Origin: Araucania, a territory south of Chili. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Araucaria

araponga
arapongas
arapunga
arapungas
arar
arara
arariba
araribas
araroba
ararobas
arars
arataxy
aration
arational
arationality
araucaria (current term)
araucaria family
araucarian
araucarias
aravaipaite
arayse
araysed
arayses
araysing
arb
arba
arbalest
arbalester
arbalesters
arbalests

Literary usage of Araucaria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report (1905)
"If the one found on araucaria is a parasite it is certainly not a very ... When the araucaria was first brought to notice it had been badly injured in ..."

2. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and General by James Brown (1861)
"The araucaria, which is a very remarkable genus of tree, has its character thus ... THE araucaria IMBRICATA. 695. The specific character of this tree is as ..."

3. Arboriculture: Or a Practical Treatise on Raising and Managing Forest Trees by John Grigor (1881)
"araucaria imbricata (Pavon).—This tree is a native of Chili. ... He says,—" The araucaria is the palm of those Indians who inhabit the Chilian Andes, ..."

4. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"The general aspect of the araucaria is most striking and peculiar, though it undeniably bears a distant 2291 family likeness to the pines of our country. ..."

5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"LI V.—On a new species of araucaria from New South Wales; and on Nuytsia floribunda. By H. BIDWILL, Esq.* DESCRIPTION of a new species of araucaria from ..."

6. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"It is one of the smallest of all the natural families of trees, as it consists of only one genus, araucaria, of which two si>ecies, the Chili Pine (A. ..."

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