Araucaria
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Araucaria araucana, monkey puzzle tree
Translingual
Etymology
Named after the Chilean province of Arauco + -aria
Proper noun
Araucaria f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araucariaceae – conifer trees, native to South America and Australasia, including nine species, including the monkey puzzle.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; Pinopsida – class; Pinidae – subclass; Pinales – order; Araucariaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Araucaria araucana (syn. Araucaria imbricata) - type species; for other species see Araucaria at The Plant List.
References
Araucaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Araucaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Araucaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Araucaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Araucaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Araucaria at Tropicos
- Araucaria at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Araucaria at USDA Plants database
- Araucaria at Gymnosperms Database
- Araucaria at Paleobiology Database
- Araucaria at The Plant List
English
Noun
Araucaria (plural Araucarias)
- A species of the genus Araucaria.
- 2010, Richard Allen, Kimbal Baker, Australia's Remarkable Trees, →ISBN:
- He was particularly fond of mainland Australia's two Araucarias — the Bunya Pine and the Hoop Pine.
See also
- the English noun araucaria